DeLay, Frist, Bush Dramatically Out of Touch

Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 01:38PM
TheSpook

New polling numbers on the Schiavo case have been released by ABC News. Here are some highlights:

• 70% of Americans say it is inappropriate for Congress to involve itself in the Schiavo case.
  
• 67% of Americans "think the elected officials trying to keep Schiavo alive are doing so more for political advantage than out of concern for her or for the principles involved." (Just 19% believe the elected officials are acting out of concern for her or their principles.)
  
• 58% of Republicans, 61% of independents and 63% of Democrats oppose federal government intervention in the case.
  
• 50% of evangelicals oppose federal government intervention in the case, just 44% approve of the intervention.
  
• 63% of Catholics and a plurality of evangelicals believe Schiavo's feeding tube should be removed. [MORE]
  

Article originally appeared on (http://brownwatch.com/).