HBO Poll: 81 of 245 respondents (33%) to the weekend poll said a comment made by a Clarkston Tea Party leader re: hanging Patty Murray shows how poisonous political rhetoric has become. Another 75 (31%) dismissed the comment as simply a figure of speech. 58 (24%) said the comment was way over the line, while 25 (10%) voted that the other side says crazy things, too. In other words, a majority of 57% disapproved strongly of the comment.
Today's Poll (in lefthand rail): Do you support the abortion and emergency contraception bill that was approved by the House State Affairs Committee today 6-3?
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.
