skippy the bush kangaroo

Thursday, November 03, 2005

who cares what the public thinks, where's natalie holloway?

via editor & publisher (via atrios), we find that cbs found that the american public thinks the plamegate scandal is quite important.

some 51% said it is already of "great importance," with 35% choosing "some importance" and 12% "little or not importance." here are comparable numbers for other notable scandals in recent years, along with the month and year the poll was taken:

--clinton-lewinsky (1/98)

great importance - 41%
some importance - 21%
little/no importance - 37%

--whitewater (3/94)

great importance - 20%
some importance - 29%
little/no importance - 45%

--iran-contra (2/87)

great importance - 48%
some importance - 33%
little/no importance - 19%

--watergate (5/73; gallup poll)

great importance - 53%
some importance - 25%
little/no importance - 22%

addendum: we forgot to mention, that same cbs poll has awol's approval rate at a new all-time low of 35%.

posted by skippy at 11:33 AM |