Public Pans Pelosi on Her Handling of Interrogation Issue

By CQ-Roll Call Staff | May 21, 2009 10:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Nancy Pelosi (Getty)

When it comes to how different players handled the issue of the government's use of harsh interrogation techniques on terrorism suspect, the lowest marks go to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi followed by congressional Republicans, according to a Gallup poll conducted May 19. President Obama and the CIA fare the best.

Forty-seven percent disapprove of the performance of Pelosi, who has been the center of a what-did-she-know-and-when-did-she-know-it controversy and who also stirred the pot by accusing the CIA of misleading Congress. Republicans have since been pounding on her over the issue. Thirty-one percent approve of her performance and 23 percent have no opinion.

The public disapproves of the performance of congressional Republicans by 45 percent to 40 percent with 16 percent undecided. They approve of the Democrats' stance by 44 percent to 40 percent with 15 percent undecided.

The highest marks go to Obama, who gets a 59 percent to 29 percent approval score with 12 percent undecided, and the CIA, which registered 52 percent to v31 percent with 17 percent undecided.

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