They have really stepped in it this time. Blow back could be huge.
[A new CBS poll found that] just 13 percent of those polled think Congress intervened in the case out of concern for Schiavo, while 74 percent think it was all about politics. Of those polled, 66 percent said the tube should not be inserted compared to 27 percent who want it restored. The issue has generated strong feelings, with 78 percent of those polled — whether for either side of the issue — saying they have strong feelings.
More than two-thirds of people who describe themselves as evangelicals and conservatives disapprove of the intervention by Congress and President Bush in the case of Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the center of a national debate.
Other polls have shown huge majorities casting doubt on efforts to keep the severely brain damaged woman alive.
Bush’s overall approval was at 43 percent, down from 49 percent last month.
