About time they start to open their eyes.
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A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released late Tuesday shows 55 percent believe the IRS targeting of conservative groups raised questions about the administrationâs âoverall honesty and integrity.â
A plurality, 43 percent, also see the IRS missteps as a part of a âwidespread effortâ to investigate Tea Party groups to 29 percent who blame the scandal on a few tax officials who were acting on their own.
Fifty-eight percent say the administrationâs handling of the Benghazi Consulate attack also raises questions about the honesty of the White House. The same number say the Justice Departmentâs subpoenaing of reporter email and phone records in national security leak investigations also raises concerns.
Thirty-three percent say Obama is mainly or totally responsible for the IRS scandal, with 37 percent holding him accountable for the DOJ reporter subpoena controversy. Obama faces the most questions over the Benghazi incident, with 41 percent believing he bears responsibility.
Obama, though, has slipped in his support among independents, with 59 percent disapproving and 28 percent approving. In January, Obama held a 41-52 net disapproval rating with independent voters.
In January, 45 percent of independent voters gave Obama marks for being âhonest and straightforward,â a figure that dropped to 27 percent in the latest poll.
The public believes congressional inquiries into the three controversies are warranted, with 50 percent saying lawmakers are right to probe the issues. Forty-two percent called the hearings âunfair partisan attacks.â
The poll was conducted from May 30 to June 2 and has a 3 point margin of error.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...sies-raising-doubts-about-white-house-honesty
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A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released late Tuesday shows 55 percent believe the IRS targeting of conservative groups raised questions about the administrationâs âoverall honesty and integrity.â
A plurality, 43 percent, also see the IRS missteps as a part of a âwidespread effortâ to investigate Tea Party groups to 29 percent who blame the scandal on a few tax officials who were acting on their own.
Fifty-eight percent say the administrationâs handling of the Benghazi Consulate attack also raises questions about the honesty of the White House. The same number say the Justice Departmentâs subpoenaing of reporter email and phone records in national security leak investigations also raises concerns.
Thirty-three percent say Obama is mainly or totally responsible for the IRS scandal, with 37 percent holding him accountable for the DOJ reporter subpoena controversy. Obama faces the most questions over the Benghazi incident, with 41 percent believing he bears responsibility.
Obama, though, has slipped in his support among independents, with 59 percent disapproving and 28 percent approving. In January, Obama held a 41-52 net disapproval rating with independent voters.
In January, 45 percent of independent voters gave Obama marks for being âhonest and straightforward,â a figure that dropped to 27 percent in the latest poll.
The public believes congressional inquiries into the three controversies are warranted, with 50 percent saying lawmakers are right to probe the issues. Forty-two percent called the hearings âunfair partisan attacks.â
The poll was conducted from May 30 to June 2 and has a 3 point margin of error.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...sies-raising-doubts-about-white-house-honesty
