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New Poll: Majority Says Hastert Should Resign
A new poll just released by CNN has found that a majority of Americans -- 52% -- think House Speaker Dennis Hastert should resign from Congress in the wake of Foleygate. Only 31% think he shouldn't. The poll also finds that only 34% think "most" Dems are "unethical," while 44% think "most" Republicans are unethical. The CNN poll bests an earlier one from SurveyUSA which found that 45% think Hastert should go. Full CNN results here.
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No resignation is in order until a full investigation has been held. The Foleygate fiasco is still fresh news and poll respondents tend to wear their hearts on their sleeves in such circumstances.
Cooler heads will prevail over time and if an investigation points to a cover-up, then Hastert should resign.
October 9, 2006 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
any insights into what this will mean in Hastert's own race for Congress? The Chicago suburbs are trending blue (Bean, Duckworth, Seals) but Hastert's district is pretty far out there (geographically)
October 9, 2006 4:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
For the Dems sake, I hope Hastert stays. He will cost the Repubs several seats, just because of his 'lack of leasership', whether he wins his own seat or not.
Dennis Hastert has become the size XXL symbol of ineptness, and corruption of the GOP-lead House. The 'do nothing' House, needs cleaning and Denny is a perfect reminder of the cleaning it needs.
Beware of the fanatics, they never see gray.
October 9, 2006 5:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Can Hastert avoid accountability by either running out the clock on the House investigation when it returns a decision most likely after the election, or by pointing to the ongoing investigation? I can't see him fielding questions from reporters when he can't get his facts straight and comes off appearing an imbecile. The more face time he has on the news the better for Democrats. He's not the face Republicans want voters to think of when they go and vote.
October 9, 2006 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's really win/win, whatever he does. He sticks around, he's a symbol of their problems. He resigns, that's yet another disgraceful Republican exit.
Dissent Protects Democracy.
October 9, 2006 8:23 PM | Reply | Permalink