Voters Doubt Obama's Ethics

With the economy in the tank and joblessness well into double digits, you'd think that voters' top concern would be jobs, jobs jobs. But voters' top priority is government ethics. Clearly they see the link between Obama's crony capitalism and a weak economy.

Ethics in government is suddenly a big deal for voters -- more important than the economy. I wrote about this today in the context of Congress, but Rasmussen has polled voters on President Obama's ethics.

They find that 37 percent believe Obama is more ethical than other politicians, while 35 percent believe he is less ethical and 25 percent believe he is about the same as most. The number who believe he is less ethical has grown from 16 percent in January 2009.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Poll-Most-think-Obama-is-no-more-ethical-than-most-politicians-92301789.html#ixzz0mOnArUmV