Monday, Jan. 28, 2002
Public Believes Bush, Not Dems, on Enron
A few more developments like this and the media will magically demote the Enron story to the back pages: Americans believe that Enron Corp. has influenced congressional Democrats but not President Bush.
This gem comes from a new poll from three liberal organizations: USA Today, CNN and Gallup. The survey found:
A small minority, 29 percent, believe that Bush felt he would owe Enron executives special policy treatment in return for campaign contributions; 59 percent said he would not.
A majority, 55 percent, believe that congressional Democrats felt they would owe Enron execs special policy treatment in return for campaign contributions; 33 percent said they would not.
Sixteen percent think congressional Democrats did something illegal with Enron; 15 percent thought that of the president. Sixty-five percent think Enron execs did something illegal.
"The president's high popularity stemming from the war is giving him a high degree of trust with the American people," Mark Rozell, a Catholic University of America political scientist, told USA Today.
'Congress on the Take'
"They feel he is working in the public interest, and they still view Congress as an institution on the take."
As the president told reporters today: "This is not a political issue. This is a business issue that this nation must deal with.
"Enron made contributions to a lot of people around Washington, D.C. If they came to this administration looking for help, they didn't find any."
The survey also found that 84 percent approve of Bush's overall job performance, 64 percent approve of his handling of the economy and 89 percent approve of the U.S. military action in Afghanistan.
The Jan. 25-27 poll of 1,011 adults (polls of registered voters result in less support for Democrats) has an error margin of +/-3 percentage points, +/-4 and +/-5 points on Enron questions.
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