Americans Displeased with White House on CIA Leak

[struggle4progress]

<snip> Polling Data

As you may know, several members of the Bush administration have been accused of leaking to reporters the identity of a woman working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Which of the following statements best describes your view of top Bush administration officials in these matters? Some Bush administration officials did something illegal; no Bush administration officials did anything illegal, but some officials did something unethical; or no Bush administration official did anything seriously wrong?

Illegal 39%
Unethical 39%
Nothing wrong 10%
No opinion 12%

Overall, how would you rate the ethical standards of top Bush administration officials—excellent, good, not good, or poor?

Excellent 11%
Good 40%
Not good 19%
Poor 29%
No opinion 1%

Source: Gallup / CNN / USA Today
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 496 American adults (First Question) and 512 American adults (Second Question), conducted from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23, 2005. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/9583

[bobbieinok]

1. ??78% illegal/unethical but 51% ethical standards are excellent/good??

is anyone out there THINKING??????

[Aimah]

2. Are you sure they're paying attention?

Most of the people I've talked to have no idea what's going on. Whenever I mention it I have to explain what's going on. I've even gotten the "what's the big deal?" response several times. I live in a heavily democratic and liberal area.