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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:41 PM
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NEW PEW: Democrats Hold Huge Issue Advantage-BUSH Approval at 38/54.
Edited on Wed Jan-11-06 05:43 PM by kpete
Americans Taking Abramoff, Alito and Domestic Spying in Stride
Democrats Hold Huge Issue Advantage

Released: January 11, 2006

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The public has been hardly stirred by the flurry of major Washington news in the early days of 2006. Jack Abramoff's admission that he bribed members of Congress has sparked little interest, with just 18% paying very close attention to news reports on the disgraced Washington lobbyist. An overwhelming majority of Americans (81%) say that lobbyists bribing lawmakers is common behavior in Congress, compared with just 11% who see it as isolated incidents.

In turn, there has been little political fallout from the disclosures. Ratings for Republican and Democratic congressional leaders remain low, and neither party has gained or lost ground as being better able to manage the federal government or to govern honestly and ethically.

Reports about President Bush authorizing wiretaps of Americans suspected of having ties to terrorists has drawn far more attention than the Abramoff case. But there is not an outcry or even consensus opinion about the government's monitoring, without court permission, the phone and email communications of Americans suspected of having terrorist ties; 48% feel this is generally right while about the same number (47%) think it is generally wrong. Public attitudes on this issue are highly partisan, with 69% of Republicans saying the government actions are generally right and nearly as many Democrats (62%) saying they are generally wrong.




lots more:

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=267

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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:46 PM
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1. PEW does good meticulous polls
and a sample size of 1503.
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RufusEarl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 05:50 PM
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2. That's depressing to me,
one would think that most americans would be up in arms. Just goes to show that most citizen think all politicians are crooks, and this plays right into this admin hands. The RNC have been working this angle for years, and it seems to be working. DAMN!!
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ecoalex Donating Member (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-11-06 06:54 PM
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3. They just don't see the Nixon connection
And the older Americans that were pissed last time are gone, those who fought for our freedom and died so we wouldn't be spied on.
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