Posted on 06/01/2006 9:55:18 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
June 1, 2006 -- In the rift between Congress and the Justice Department, Americans side overwhelmingly with law enforcement: Regardless of precedent and the separation of powers, 86 percent say the FBI should be allowed to search a Congress member's office if it has a warrant.
That view is broadly bipartisan, this ABC News poll finds, ranging from 78 percent among Democrats to 94 percent of Republicans.
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Indeed this poll finds broad public skepticism about congressional ethics: Sixty-five percent of Americans give a negative rating to the ethics and honesty of members of Congress. More, 54 percent, rate their own member's ethics positively, but that's down from 69 percent in a 1989 poll.
Politically, the Democrats have a small edge in perceived honesty, but there's not much advantage for either party on this issue. Sixteen percent of Americans think Democrats are generally more ethical and honest than Republicans; nine percent think the opposite. But most by far — 72 percent — say there isn't much difference between them.
However slight, that seven-point Democratic edge is their best in occasional polls over the last 17 years.
Both sides are the best of friends and have the utmost respect for each others opinions when things like this happens.
Hey Hastert....still think you are above the law..
Watch the weasels run for the tall grass after seeing these numbers.
Hey Seinsbrenner(sp) still want to hold hearings........Hahahahahahaha!
Some pols will be changing their tune perhaps, with these counts.
Check out these numbers...
Interesting stat.
We didn't need a poll to tell us this.
The elitist politicans did....:-)
The only surprise is ABC willing to print the results. I guess the DNC fax machine is broken.
Well that should end this. Congress doesn't do a thing until it takes a poll. Now that the polls tell them what to do, this "Search" story will go away now.
actually, its the republicans who have put themselves behind the 8 ball on this issue - with comments from Hastert et al, about privilege. The Dems know how to remain silent when they need to be.
All branches agree that it's fine to trample on the people's rights. But let one branch encroach upon another branch, and all hell breaks loose, complete with high-minded references to checks and balances and the Constitution. They jealously guard that which they routinely steal from us.
I never can think of Judas Iscariot without losing my temper. To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature, Congressman.
Mark Twain
not our guys, they don't use polls. They march right into the line of fire over issues that have zero public support - like this one, and the Dubai ports fiasco - and take it on the chin for weeks on end before they finally get the message.
don't used car salesmen still poll higher than Congresscritters?
Is Washington DC still located on Planet Earth?
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