68% Of Registered Connecticut Voters Believe Rowland Should Resign - ABC

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HAMDEN, Conn. Jan. 21 — Gov. John G. Rowland's support continues to slip amid calls for his resignation following his admission that he lied about accepting gifts from state workers and politically connected friends, a poll released Wednesday shows.
The Quinnipiac University poll found 68 percent of registered Connecticut voters believe Rowland should resign up from 56 percent in a Quinnipiac poll released Jan. 7. Fifty-six percent said the Legislature should impeach Rowland and remove him from office, up from 42 percent two weeks ago.

The three-term Republican governor last month admitted accepting gifts and free work on his vacation cottage from politically connected friends, state employees and a contractor, something he initially denied. He has maintained that he never returned the favors and has apologized for lying about the gifts.

Two of Connecticut's three Republican members of Congress have called on Rowland to resign, as have 11 of the state's 15 Republican state senators."

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http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040121_1361.html

[ButterflyBlood]

1. leave him in office

it'll just cause the Republican party in CT to crumble to an even smaller and more insignificant state than it is now.

[CoolerKing]

2. 1 out of 3 crooked Republicans support him!

I love that only two out of CT's three Republican Congressman have called on Rowland to quit (Chris Shays is one of the two...I have a tremendous amount of respect for him even though he is in the Party of Evil, but has been one of Rowland's most outspoken critics).

Who is the one who HASN'T called on Rowland to quit? Why, none other than Newt Gingrich's enabler, Nancy Johnson. If you remember, she was head of the House "ethics" commission that let Gingrich get away with all of his crooked schemes back in the swinging 90's.

Well, at least she's consistent.

On edit: here are some links to brief overviews of the Gingrich ethics inquiry and Nancy Johnson's involvement:

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1995/07/committee.html

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/infocus/gingrich/index5.html

[NewJeffCT]

4. it's a shame

That Jim Maloney lost to Nancy Johnson when CT lost a seat in the House...

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3. A gratutious kick for good news! n/t

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[NewJeffCT]

5. at least the Republicons

At least the RepubliCONs are calling for Rowland to resign. Most of the mouse-like Democrats have been silent.