Never mind what the pundit class thinks about censuring the President for being a criminal. What do the American people think? Well, according to a new poll from the American Survey Group they are down with it.
Forty-six to forty-four, people support censuring the President. And when you just ask people that vote, the numbers are 48% to 43%.
So, despite the best efforts of the Republicans to call Feingold a traitorous terrorist coddling out-of the-mainstream loon, and despite the best efforts of CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, the Washington Post, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal to characterize Feingold’s move as a stunt, he is actually representing a strong plurality of the American public.
And it gets more interesting. By a margin of 47%-40% independent voters favor impeaching the President. In the race for the swing voter, Russ may not be going far enough.
Keep writing and calling your Senators and asking them to investigate the real targets of the NSA spying program. We know they weren’t just spying on terrorists. And tell them to support censuring the President, too, while you’re at it.