Corrupt to the Core

The New Moral Majorities

The cable noise and fulminating Rabid Right (hey Keith! you picked up my phrase!) may promote a different impression, but the overwhelming sentiment is strongly against the Bush commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence, and the lies, corruption, misuse of power, and incompetence of Bushcorps in general. The numbers at least aren't lying.

A new American Research Group poll measures response to Bush commuting the sentence of Scooter Libby, the guy the prosecutors believe knows how deeply implicated the VP and possibly the P were in outing a covert CIA agent (which G. Bush I described as the worst sort of treason), and then attempting to cover it all up. Fully 69% of voters surveyed believe it was wrong. 84% oppose a pardon.

The poll also shows that about 45% favor beginning impeachment proceedings against President Bush, with about the same percentage opposing. But a majority--54% of adults, 50% of voters--favor impeachment proceedings against VP Cheney, with 40-44% opposed.

Perhaps the most interesting numbers are those for independents. More Independents than Democrats oppose the Libby action (80% to 76%) and fully 97% of Independents oppose a Libby pardon. Figures hovering at majority (50%-51%) favor both impeachment proceedings.

Also out today is the Newsweek poll which shows that fewer Americans are satisfied with "the way things are going in the U.S." than any time this year--just 23%. Bush's approval rating has dropped to 24%, with 65% disapproving, and 9% don't know. That's less than a quarter of voters approving, and more than 2/3 disapproving. Again, Independents approve at a 20% rate, with 71% disapproving.