http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060209/ap_on_...HNlYwN5bmNhdA--

Or not:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060210/pl_nm/...ropping_poll_dc

 

Public opinion shouldn't be irrelevant on this issue anyway. This is an issue of law.

Where exactly does that article say that support for the program in question is growing? It asks questions about it yes, but nothing gives any trend lines, and since the question was phrased in a different way from most surveys on the subject (3 possible responses instead of the "Yes or no" do you support this program) I think comparison looks pretty impossible without trend lines.

Where exactly does that article say that support for the program in question is growing?  It asks questions about it yes, but nothing gives any trend lines, and since the question was phrased in a different way from most surveys on the subject (3 possible responses instead of the "Yes or no" do you support this program) I think comparison looks pretty impossible without trend lines.

 

The first article gives trend lines in the Republican base at the end of the article and they all show support growing. Neither article gives a good idea of what the questions were.

Another worthless poll:

 

http://www.abanews.org/releases/news021006.html

 

According to a poll commissioned by the American Bar Association and released today, 52 percent of respondents said that in the fight against terrorism, the President of the United States alone cannot suspend constitutional freedoms, with an additional 25 percent saying he must obtain authorization by a court of law or Congress. Thus 77 percent of Americans express deep reservations about the president’s secret surveillance program.