WP/ABC Poll: In Abramoff Case, Most See Evidence of Wider Problem

Most Americans believe that corruption in Congress is widespread, and even larger majorities support far-reaching reforms that would effectively end lobbying as it is currently practiced on Capitol Hill, according to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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The survey found that 58 percent of Americans believe the Abramoff case is evidence of "widespread corruption in Washington," while barely a third -- 34 percent -- say it is limited to just a few individuals. The public thinks corruption is far more prevalent in Washington than it is in their state or local governments.
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A narrow majority of Americans -- 52 percent -- see members of Congress as about as honest as the average American. But 44 percent say lawmakers are more dishonest. Only 2 percent believe that House and Senate lawmakers are more law-abiding than other people.

Public concerns about ethics in government extend to the White House, which was rocked in late October when the top aide to Vice President Cheney was indicted as part of an ongoing investigation into the leak of the name of a CIA agent to reporters. In the current poll, 45 percent said they approved of how President Bush is handling the issue of ethics in government while 52 percent disapproved.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/09/AR2006010901694.html

has taken hold of the US and has stolen our money...

and has brought down the fabirc of what makes America great...

indeed I do

I long for an America that cares more about what a president does with the government than what he does with a cigar.

:)

Although Abramoff has been most closely identified with GOP candidates and interests, neither party is seen as being particularly virtuous, even by its own partisans. Nearly three in four -- including majorities in both parties -- say there "isn't much difference" between the level of ethics and honesty of Republicans and Democrats.

Let's hope the development of this scandal fosters a more partisan perception of the problem. . .

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what's ahead us.

Lucidity has gone up into the sky, like a hot air baloon.

the "public" yesterday?

was written into the Constitution - under the guise of the citizenry "petitioning" the government.

So when do paid cronies and hacks become "petitioners"?

I smell the spin of the Rightwingnuts.

After all, this problem can't be confined to the folks who've been wining and dining them for the past quarter century -- it just can't! The media must spread it around equally to include the party they've spent so much time and effort deriding as ineffectual and unfocused. Uh huh. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Democrats are hopeless bumblers, and as bad as the GOP is, it would be even worse with the Democrats running things. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Democrats are secretly in charge of everything, from invading Iraq to re-writing the bankruptcy laws so heavily in favor of predatory lenders.

If those media types had one working brain to share amongst all their pretty little heads, it would flee in horror.