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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (6307)	9/30/1998 11:25:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

<< did you read what you're responding to? Where, exactly, did I say I didn't like that poll? The two articles I referred to were talking about exactly the same poll, as near as I can tell>> I agree - they were the same poll. That's why I posted the link to a different one - one taken by Washington Post/ABC. As to your feeling regarding the poll, I was referring to the part of your post that I quoted, discussing the interpretations of the poll. I should have been more specific, and said that this other poll would be easier to interpret and harder to spin. <<But neither the NYT story, nor your Washington Post/ABC poll/story, show anything like 50% saying "impeach Clinton", likely voters or not. >> You're right - sort of. What the Post/ABC poll said was: "But among likely voters, a 53 percent majority says hearings should be held" There is a difference between holding hearings and actually impeaching someone. However, the poll also pointed out that the reason people don't favor outright impeachment is not because they feel Clinton did nothing that deserves impeachment: "The poll indicates that much of the reluctance to see Clinton impeached has little to do with exoneration. As many people said they opposed impeachment because it would be too disruptive to the nation as said they oppose it because they don't think it's been shown that he did anything serious enough to merit that punishment"