Two in Three Say Bush Should Not Have Intervened in Libby Case

[Straw Man]

more evidence that the Republican party is out of touch with mainstream America

July 10, 2007

Two in Three Say Bush Should Not Have Intervened in Libby Case
Only 13% say commuting sentence was right thing to do

by Jeffrey M. Jones

GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

PRINCETON, NJ -- A new USA Today/Gallup poll finds that most Americans disagree with President George W. Bush's decision to intervene in the case of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Bush's actions apparently did not help him among his party base -- the vast majority of Republicans say it has not affected their level of confidence in Bush and more say it has caused them to lose confidence than gain confidence in him. Republicans and Democrats are about equally likely to be paying attention to the story, and those paying close attention are especially critical of Bush.

http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=28090

[ieffinhatecardio]

Interesting that you should post this, there was a small discussion of Polls today on Neurotoxin's thread. He says not to believe polls, apparently they lie or can be manipulated. Either way there seems to be a fair amount of skepticism regarding their validity.

As to your point, I think it's safe to say Bush/Cheney aren't anything remotely close to in touch with mainstream America, not even in the same galaxy.

[Straw Man]

Interesting that you should post this, there was a small discussion of Polls today on Neurotoxin's thread. He says not to believe polls, apparently they lie or can be manipulated. Either way there seems to be a fair amount of skepticism regarding their validity.

As to your point, I think it's safe to say Bush/Cheney aren't anything remotely close to in touch with mainstream America, not even in the same galaxy.

Can't make any claims about methodology other than what they say in the story.  Even if they smooth out the margin of error the results will always be skewed toward people who are inclined to talk to pollsters. 

from the link

These results are based on telephone interviews with a randomly selected national sample of 1,014 adults, aged 18 and older, conducted July 6-8, 2007. For results based on this sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the maximum error attributable to sampling and other random effects is ±3 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.