“Sounds of Dissent” Live Interview with Pollster John Zogby
I’m blogging again behind the scenes here as a volunteer community radio producer for “Sounds of Dissent” at WZBC 90.3 FM in Newton, MA.
Right now, “Sounds of Dissent” host John Grebe is interviewing pollster John Zogby about a recent Zogby poll taken that asked Americans what they think about President Bush’s approval of a wiretapping program that monitored the conversations of American citizens without a FISA court approval.
John Zogby told John Grebe that the polling question (although he “didn’t have it in front of him,” at the time he was asked by John) was:
JZ: “If President Bush wiretapped American Citizens suspected of terrorism without obtaining a warrant, do you agree or disagree that Congress should consider impeachment?”
John Zogby told “Sounds of Dissent” that the polling results found that “52% [of those polled] agreed that Congress should consider impeachment.” And went on to say that this is “a testimonty about how divided the country is about the President.”
What I thought was most striking about the polling results was “29% of Republicans believe that Congress should consider impeachment.” - John Zogby
JZ: “If you have a President who’s job approval rating is 39% . . . and a majority feels that Congress should consider impeachment, then this is a President who is going to have a tough time in 2006.” Noting that this isn’t going to help the Republican Party in the mid-term elections coming up later this year.
Gotta run…
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(Added Saturday January 21, 2006 at 4:35 PM EST) You can listen to “Sounds of Dissent” live every Saturday from 11 AM to 1 PM on 90.3 FM in Newton, MA and online at www.wzbc.org.
