Poll: Majority of Americans agree with Holder contempt vote

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-poll-majority-of-americans-agree-with-holder-contempt-vote-20120709,0,5781045.story

The decision by the House of Representatives to hold Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for not turning over documents related to the controversial Fast and Furious program, though ridden with accusations of partisanship, nonetheless is popular with Americans according to a new CNN/ORC poll.

Fifty-three percent approve of the House’s actions, which included two separate votes to find Holder in criminal and civil contempt that were split largely across party lines. Thirty-three percent of Americans disapprove of the House votes.

At the same time, 61% of Americans said they think congressional Republicans were pushing the contempt vote because they “want to gain political advantage” compared with 34% who think they have “real ethical concerns about the way the matter was handled.”

Roughly four in 10 of those polled said they had no opinion about Holder, and 31% said they did not know who he is, a number that has not changed from polls taken before the debate over the Fast and Furious operation began.

**Opinion**

Voters please educate yourself regarding who Mr. Holder is.