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Poll: 45% of U.S. Voters Think Obama’s Team Was Likely Involved in Scandal
Boots and Sabers —
... Apparently, Illinois has triple the number of delusional idiots as the rest of the nation. Forty five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say it is likely President-elect Obama or one of his top campaign aides was involved in the unfolding Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, including 23% who say it is Very Likely. Just 11% say it is not at all likely, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken Thursday and Friday nights. Voters nationally are more skeptical than those in Illinois. Thirty-two percent (32%) of Illinois voters said in a survey late last ...
Poll: Nearly Half Think Obama Team Was Involved In Blago Scandal
TPMDC —
... A new Rasmussen poll shows that the public is split pretty evenly on whether they think Barack Obama or any of his top aides were involved with the Blagojevich Scandal: Forty-five percent of likely voters say it's very likely or somewhat likely that the Obama folks were involved, while 46% say it's not very likely or not at all likely that they were. ...
Obama Blagojevich Scandal Involvement Believed By 45% Of Voters: Poll
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... I really can't sum up the past week of coverage any better. What I can do, however, is relate the effects of this coverage. Via Rasmussen Reports: ...
Obama Blagojevich Scandal Involvement Believed By 45% Of Voters: Poll
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... I really can't sum up the past week of coverage any better. What I can do, however, is relate the effects of this coverage. Via Rasmussen Reports: ...
Define 'involved'
Political Animal —
... , which obviously makes sense given that Obama is not implicated in the Blagojevich scandal. But a new Rasmussen poll offers an odd result in response to an awkwardly-worded question. Forty five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say it is likely President-elect Obama or one of his top campaign aides was involved in the unfolding Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, including 23% who say it is Very Likely. Just 11% say it is not at all likely, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken Thursday and Friday nights. The exact wording of the question was: "How ...
Review Of Blago Contacts Complete
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... investigation. "In the course of those discussions, the US Attorney's office requested the public release of the Transition review be deferred until the week of December 22, in order not to impede their investigation of the governor. The Transition has agreed to this revised timetable for release," said Obama Transition Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer. As perhaps a reflection of how well President-elect Obama and his Transition team have handled the Blagojevich situation, a new Rasmussen survey finds that 45% of U.S. voters think it's likely either Obama or one of his ...
Obama: My Lawyer Says I Didn't Do Anything With Blagojevich, So Can We Get Back to Hopenchange?
JammieWearingFool —
On the upside, 45% believe he had contact with Blagojevich. On the downside, don't expect much follow-up from his adoring media . President-elect Barack Obama said Monday a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the appointment of a Senate replacement, and transition aides "did nothing inappropriate." Obama said he is prepared to make the review public, but decided to hold off because prosecutors asked for a delay and "I don't want to interfere with an ongoing investigation." Sure. How is this not ...
Obama Says Review Shows Nothing Inappropriate In Scandal As GOP Presses Issue
The Moderate Voice —
... many Americans including the vital independent and centrist voters clearly wanted to turn away from on election day.
*..this an issue that will help the GOP in the short term or hurt its prospects in the long terms since it will appeal mostly to those who already didn’t like Obama.
The indicators are mixed…but the McCain reaction doesn’t bode well for the GOP in terms of providing a united front of demands for Obama to provide more details asap.
For instance, a new Rasmussen poll shows a large number of voters think Obama bigwigs were talking ...
POLLS SHOW PUBLIC GROWING VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT OBAMA'S HONESTY: IF IT'S TIME FOR BLAGO TO GO, THEN IS IT TIME FOR OBAMA TO RESIGN?
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... 45% Suspect Obama Team Involved in Blagojevich Scandal — Forty five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say it is likely President-elect Obama or one of his top campaign aides was involved in the unfolding Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, including 23% who say it is Very Likely. ...
45% Of Americans Think Obama Was Playing Ball With Blagojevich
Say Anything —
For what it’s worth:
Forty five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say it is likely President-elect Obama or one of his top campaign aides was involved in the unfolding Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, including 23% who say it is Very Likely.
Just 11% say it is not at all likely, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken Thursday and Friday nights.
Is the honeymoon over for Obama? Or is this cynicism a symptom of America’s disillusionment with its political ...
Obama's Press Conference
Power Line —
... The American people share Ramirez's skepticism: Rasmussen finds that "Forty five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say it is likely President-elect Obama or one of his top campaign aides was involved in the unfolding Blagojevich scandal in Illinois....Just 11% say it is not at all likely." That depends, I think, on what the meaning of "involved" is. ...
Media Labels Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes At Bush A “Folk Hero”
Say Anything —
... If that guy’s a folk hero, then the guy who told Hillary to iron his shirt is a gosh darn ...
Rasmussen: 45% Suspect It's Likely or Very Likely Obama or His Team "Involved In" Blagojevich Scandal
Ace of Spades HQ —
Rasmussen: 45% Suspect It's Likely or Very Likely Obama or His Team "Involved In" Blagojevich Scandal Hmmmm. Depends on what "involved with," I guess. Obviously he was somehow involved, albeit in an innocent way. Was he corruptly involved? 45% of the public (about John McCain's vote share, by the way) think so. I can by "involved with" meaning involved with the greater millieu of Chicago corruption, but directly involved in this particular corrupt deal? I don't know. I can certainly envision Rahm Emanuel making counteroffers regarding the seat, offering indirect ways to pay ...
Inverted Priorities and Blagojevich Coverage
Comments from Left Field —
... Obama’s successor to the U.S. Senate, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
More than three-quarters of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling the presidential transition, up significantly from three weeks ago, and a slim majority in the new poll said the president-elect has already done enough to explain any connections his staff may have had with Blagojevich.
But, as Steve Benen notes, a new Rasmussen poll does seem to indicate that the constant bombardment of ...
And we’re supposed to have confidence in this?
Sister Toldjah —
... With poll numbers like these which suggest nearly half the American people believe the Obama admin was involved in some way with this scandal, as I’ve said before it does indeed appear as if the “shiny” has worn off the false squeaky clean image Barack Obama projected for the last two years. ...
The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog —
Rasmussen: 45 percent suspect Team Obama involved in Blago scandal.
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Caroline Kennedy's inexperience making it pretty hard for Dems who bashed Palin to support her.
Surprise: Time mag bureau chief to become Biden's communications director.
African-Americans do play at Katon Dawson's country club.
Gov. David Paterson upset about "SNL's" blind jokes. Blind jokes? I had no idea that kind of thing was even close to allowed anymore. ...
One in four have bought the nonsense
Political Animal —
ONE IN FOUR HAVE BOUGHT THE NONSENSE.... Yesterday, a Rasmussen poll found that 45% of Americans believe it's "likely" that Barack Obama or one of his top aides was "involved" in the Blagojevich scandal. Since the wording of the question ...
