From the American Research Group:
Do you approve or disapprove of President George W. Bush commuting the 30-month prison sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby while leaving intact Mr. Libby's conviction for perjury and obstruction of justice in the CIA leak case?
7/5/07 Approve Disapprove Undecided
All Adults 31% 64% 5%
Voters 26% 69% 5%
Democrats (38%) 13% 76% 11%
Republicans (29%) 50% 47% 3%
Independents (33%) 19% 80% 1%
Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against President George W. Bush?
7/5/07 Favor Oppose Undecided
All Adults 45% 46% 9%
Voters 46% 44% 10%
Democrats (38%) 69% 22% 9%
Republicans (29%) 13% 86% 1%
Independents (33%) 50% 30% 20%
3/15/06 42% 49% 9%
Do you favor or oppose the US House of Representatives beginning impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney?
7/5/07 Favor Oppose Undecided
All Adults 54% 40% 6%
Voters 50% 44% 6%
Democrats (38%) 76% 24% -
Republicans (29%) 17% 83% -
Independents (33%) 51% 29% 20%
Let's just look at what independents think. 80% of independents do not approve of the commutation of Libby's sentence for perjury and obstructing justice. 50% of independents favor impeachment proceedings against President Bush. 51% of independents favor impeachment proceedings against VP Cheney. The vast majority of Democrats (82%), Republicans (70%)and Independents (97%) oppose a full pardon for Libby.
UPDATE: I've been looking for website that lists the misdeeds of G.W. Bush and there is one here at impeachforpeace.org. Unfortunately, because either congressional investigations have not been done or have been obstructed, it is mostly just a list of allegations.
Can we prove Bush purposely lied us into war? I think he did but I don't know whether it could be proved while he is in the White House.
Has Bush been spying on us illegally? There sure is reason to believe that, but we don't even know the specifics of his domestic spying program.
Have his signing statements been illegal? Investigation is just beginning.
Is Bush guilty of authorizing illegal torture? Almost certainly. Torture happened. It's almost impossible to believe that Bush was not aware of it. But it was not and has not stopped But do enough Americans believe it is wrong? They will say they do, but do they actually believe it? I'm not certain.
Bush thinks he is a cowboy (but afraid of horses). Actually he is a coward. He proved that during the Vietnam War and he's proving it now by refusing to be held accountable by obstructing justice.
Should he be impeached? In my opinion there is no doubt about it. Will he be impeached? Unlikely.
On the other hand, if a president can be impeached for lying about a blowjob it certainly seems reasonable that Bush has made far more serious high crimes and misdemeanors
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The Dem and GOP figures did not surprise me. But I was most intrigued by the fact that independents were more opposed to commutation and pardon than even Democrats. And that independents supported impeachment by 50-30.
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