55% In Idaho Say Craig Should Resign; Approval Rating Plummets

SurveyUSA:

55% in Idaho Say U.S. Senator Larry Craig Should Resign: Less than 36 hours after the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call first broke the story of Larry Craig's arrest in an airport bathroom, 89% in Idaho are aware. SurveyUSA interviewed 600 Idaho adults the evening of 8/28/07 to measure initial reaction, including 475 registered voters who have heard the news accounts. Of Idaho voters, 55% today say Craig should resign. 34% say Craig should remain in office. 11% are not sure. Among Idaho Republicans, 45% say Craig should resign, 42% say Craig should remain in office. Democrats and Independents overwhelmingly say Craig should resign. There are many sides to a complex story, and as new facts come to light, opinions can be expected to change.

Job Approval for Craig down 26 Points to 34%: Among all Idaho adults, 34% today approve of Craig's Job Performance, 58% disapprove. When SurveyUSA last recorded Job Approval numbers for Craig and fellow U.S. Senator from Idaho Mike Crapo, in November 2006, Craig had a 60% Job Approval, 26 percentage points higher than his approval today. Crapo had a 61% Job Approval in November 2006, identical to his Job Approval today. Over 19 consecutive months of tracking Craig, his SurveyUSA Job Approval among Idaho Republicans ranged from 71% to 82%. Today, among Idaho Republicans Craig's approval is 46%. Among Idaho Conservatives, Craig's Job Approval for 19 months ranged between 70% and 80%. Today, among Conservatives, Craig's approval is at 51%.

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Comments

[katlade]

09:57 AM on 08/29/2007

He also tried to display his business card to the arresting officer. Minnesotans are not to impressed with celebrity or politicans. And they have other things to attend to like major flooding (and we don't wait for the federal govt to assist) and a bridge to pick up and another to build. Doesn't he have a handler or something that would tell him to lay off of the "I am not gay" theme. That is not the problem. Being gay does not hinder the way you do your job. Being a hypocritical asshole does. And breaking the law whether you are soliciting sex from a man or woman (or interns). And marrying a woman with kids for you to adopt does not prove anything either. We have already been down that road a few times. Govenor Jim. You know what is coming. I regret that I will have to resign my position so that we can remain focused on more important issues, blah, blah, blah.

[nunzia]

10:38 AM on 08/29/2007

Apparently, they are easily led.
And who're you kiddin' about that bridge and the floods. Bush signed over huge chunks of US money (from all of us ) right away. You're not doing it on your own. You're doing it with national money - which I hasten to add, is what it's for.
Gotta save the base; they're having their Party there in a few months.

[BrickSykes]

09:41 AM on 08/29/2007

Is that blonde thing in the blue suit his lovely Bride? No wonder he Trolls for the Meat Pole! Of course, she's just a token, I guess, so he can appear to be "Regular" around the rest of the Republican perverts!

What's with you guys, huh? Must really love Hating yourselves...

Michael Moore needs to make another "Sicko" flick and feature these Warbling Pansies! Geesh!

Brick

[Colmore]

09:05 AM on 08/29/2007

Can anyone seriously believe that the other "Singing Senators" had no clue about ol' Larry?? Surely, after years together, there were some clues? Trent Lott has always made me cringe. The toupee, the drawl, the "I'm always right" attitude. Maybe he thought he was Larry's one and only. Now the truth comes out, and he is upset, calling for his resignation. WHAT THE HELL is going on in Washington? Not the people's business, that's for sure. Time for a house cleaning, all the hypocrites must go. That would take care of the repugs. before the next election.

[jake106]

09:02 AM on 08/29/2007

Well duh! He did an amazingly stupid thing and then followed it up with a stupid response. Of course the people from his state want him to resign. I'm a Republican who has never even been to Idaho and I think he should resign. No matter what the true story is, it is disgraceful and an embarrassment to real conservatives everywhere.

[kiafaret]

08:14 AM on 08/29/2007

My personal favorite was his "I'm not gay speech" when he opened with "I want to thank you all for COMING OUT tonight" lol...It just doesn't get any better than that.

[leftLibertarian]

07:59 AM on 08/29/2007

Hahhahaah, you f&cker! Now they hate you because you're gay! That's what you get for spreading hate.
LOL!!!
Hahahhahahahahahahahahhahah

[HereticalPolemicisit]

06:47 AM on 08/29/2007

The supporters of these bozos should look and investigate behind closed doors and in closets-the true secret societies of the "elites"- to see the truth and expose the hypocrisy of these cultural demagogues..

The proponents and advocates of this "family values" ideology would be doing much better with their credibility and validity of their assertions if there were works of affirmation that one could find behind closed doors and in dark closets rather than the perverse depravity we find decorating the headlines of newspapers and the lead story on the cable news networks.

Bucco
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[VOTER]

06:32 AM on 08/29/2007

Craig continues to mention his "wide stance."

Bushie has a "wide stance" too. Hmmmm

[outnow]

06:10 AM on 08/29/2007

"Clinton did it too, you know, I mean getting sex with a young lady would seem more normal, I know, well, what ever happened to that Miranda case - what do you mean that Alberto eliminated the bill of rights? I want my lawyer!"

"I have diplomatic immunity - in fact, I was actually voting in the loo for a very important piece of legislation, when this young man reached under my stall!"

[kay]

06:07 AM on 08/29/2007

Vitter has a decent approval rating, and no one's calling for him to resign.

He hired a prostitute and then ran on family values. Prostitution is illegal and Vitter is and was married.

It's being gay.

It's not adultery or lying or hypocrisy that upsets Republican voters.

Perhaps they approve of soliciting paid sex (Vitter) but soliciting sex/non-payment is what's really offensive (Craig)?

They want him to resign because he's gay.

[outnow]

06:14 AM on 08/29/2007

The smoking gun was in his hand, according to the NRA.

[jake106]

09:05 AM on 08/29/2007

It has nothing to do with being gay. Vitter came out and said "I did this, I was wrong, my wife and I have been trying to deal with it, please forgive me."
Craig came out and said "I didn't do it, it's a lie! I'm not gay! I shouldn't have plead guilty! It's a plot!"

One man took responsibility for his actions, the other tried to pin it on anyone other than himself. THAT is the difference and that is why one man retained his popularity and the other has lost all his.

[nunzia]

10:34 AM on 08/29/2007

Both are men.
Let's get some more Dem women in the House and Senate. Women need to be aroused before they abandon responsibility. Not likely to happen surrounded by those REpub men.

[outnow]

06:05 AM on 08/29/2007

"I am a U.S. Senator and should get professional courtesy because I am a Republican."

"Well, then, perhaps you didn't know that I'm an astronaut and I am temporarily insane because I am so much in lust."

"Officer would I expose myself this way as a U.S. Senator - I am trying to catch a terrorist."

"Would I do such a thing - I am the leading proponent of Family Values. Moreover, I am extremely anti-gay and pro gun - check my record. Now take these handcuffs off immediately or I'm calling Karl Rove and Jeff Gannon!"

[outnow]

05:55 AM on 08/29/2007

I'd rather be in Bill Clinton's shoes than in Larry Craig's shoes.

In Minnesota you can't plead "guilty with an explanation" such as,

"I needed extra toilet paper because I am so full of s..t that I asked the guy in the next stall because it looked like he had plenty", or;

"I thought I was signing the Patriot Act - I didn't even read it," or;

"Foley wasn't even prosecuted - I've been denied equal protection of the law," or;

"Call Alberto - he can fix anything if you're a card-carrying Republican," or;

"I didn't even cum yet," or;

"This was my first time, honest," or;

"It was entrapment - he looked soooooo good, I just couldn't control myself," or;

"I promise I wouldn't do it again until I get to Washington, D.C. at the "K" Street public restroom."

[willfarnaby]

05:38 AM on 08/29/2007

Craig The Toilet Creature, Diaperman Vitter the Shitter, Gannon/Guckert/Rove-Skewer, Rove the Sociopathic Sissy, Foley the Pedophile,... owww... carpal tunnel syndrome, too much typing required for the ReThugLieCon Chronicles.

[susie1776]

03:44 AM on 08/29/2007

Good ole Larry! Who's the NASTY, naughty, bad boy now? HUH? At least Bill Clinton likes GIRLS and he didn't solicit them in restrooms either! Larry Craig - just another family values hypocrite! Don't ya LOVE it???

[lippp]

09:59 AM on 08/29/2007

What Bill Clinton did was bascially have an adultuerous fling with an of age women who by all accounts was very experienced and knew what she wanted and what she was doing. It was not sex with strangers and in a public place. Likewise the chance for getting STD's was minimal to non existent on the part of Bill but for Larry very high. So which one is a naughty, very nasty, bad boy? And which one has done more harm to this country because of their dishonesty especially in promoting discrimmination and hypocrasy? Once again the Repugs win hands down!!

[nunzia]

10:31 AM on 08/29/2007

Again, it's not the sex in either case, it's the damned catering to the Reichwingnuts who are so twisted about sex, any sex.

[Qbear]

02:40 AM on 08/29/2007

I can see it's time for an aging queer matchmaker to get these NASTY naughty bad boy loos cannon Republicans into nice stable relationships, otherwise young Republicans won't get any sleep, and restrooms all around the country will become cruising cesspools.
Now who can I match Larry with???
Now Rove's Miss Piggy nickname would lead you believe dirty t-room sex would be his cup of tea, but he ran off with that Mr, Virginia Leather daddy and Larry could never c,arry off a$$less chaps. Mehlman likes older men but they tend to be stocky hairy teddybears.
Gannon/Guckert is such rough trade, and Bob Allen prefers Cops with a little thug attitude, Glenn Murphy Jr, likes chicken, Dreier is married to his top aide,Hastert is likewise taken.
Eureeka I got just the guy...Scotty McClellan, his boyish baby-face would satisfy Larry's taste for that cute as a button Minneapolis cop, and Scotty seemed to really enjoy being dicked around by Cheney and Rove.
Whew! Saving the Nation one queer couple at a time is hard work.

[Qbear]

03:06 AM on 08/29/2007

the baby faced MPLS Cop who nailed Craig

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0828071craig1.html