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Despite the CBS result on Obama and AIG, his approval rating stands at 64 percent to 20 percent, little changed from the 63 percent to 22 percent in late February. CBS says this is explained in part by the fact that a majority of voters (51 percent) do not believe the Obama administration had much or any control over the bonuses compared to 40 percent who asserted it had some or a lot of control. Voters said by 56 percent to 34 percent that the administration should have stopped the bonuses.

Although he has taken his lumps in recent weeks, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner retains the confidence of 54 percent of Americans compared to 35 percent who don't share that view.

The most unsurprising finding of the poll: Americans said by 83 percent to 13 percent that AIG could have found a way not to pay the bonuses. Fifty percent expressed anger that AIG did pay them, while another 38 percent said they were "bothered" by the payments. By 77 percent to 20 percent, they want the government to try and recover the bonus money.