The Libby Indictment: 55% see broader ethical wrongdoing

[Quixote1818]

Poll: Ethical Issues Tar Bush Administration

Oct. 30, 2005 — Most Americans see the indictment of Dick Cheney's chief of staff as a sign of broader ethical wrongdoing within the Bush administration. And the president's own job approval rating has slipped under 40 percent for the first time in his career.

Few think Cheney, Karl Rove or George W. Bush himself did anything illegal in the CIA leak case in which Lewis "Scooter" Libby was indicted. But nearly seven in 10 call the charge against Libby a serious crime, not a minor or technical one. And well under half, 41 percent, see the case as an isolated incident; 55 percent instead think it's a sign of broader ethical problems within the

After perhaps the worst political week of his career, just 39 percent of Americans in this ABC News/Washington Post poll now approve of Bush's overall performance in office, fewer than four in 10 for the first time. Fifty-eight percent disapprove, a new high, albeit by a single point.

Those numbers are little changed — not significantly worse — from their immediate post-Hurricane Katrina levels. But the intensity of sentiment is running heavily against the president: In another first, the number of Americans who "strongly" disapprove of his job performance outnumber his strong approvers by more than 2-1, 45 percent to 22 percent.

Continued at: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/PollVault/story?id=1264205&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[Cha]

1. Too bad more Americans don't

know what the fuck is going down in D.C. It's freaking fascinating.

[Greeby]

2. Well, if you read anything into polls

Looks like more people with their heads screwed on than you'd think

[bluethruandthru]

3. Why will some people not remove their blinders?

"Few think Cheney, Karl Rove or George W. Bush himself did anything illegal..." ???? What planet do they live on? Scoots was acting alone? Right!

[NNN0LHI]

4. This is why the Dem's should squash the idea of any SC nominations...

...until after this is all cleared up. I think the American people would understand that we don't want people under the cloud of criminal suspicion making lifetime appointments to the highest court of this land.

Don

[Cha]

5. Excellent point.

though, rove's thinking.."DISTRACTION, DISTRACTION, DISTRACTION!"