Over Two Thirds of New Yorkers Think Weiner and Spitzer Campaigns Are Embarrassing
Weiner has 80 percent unfavorable rating
More than two-thirds of New Yorkers find Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer's campaigns "embarrassing" and Weiner's unfavorable rating has set a record, a new poll found on Monday.
According to the Siena College poll, 68 percent of New York voters, including 62 percent of those in New York City, say the national attention placed on Weiner and Spitzer's campaigns is embarrassing.
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Ummm So did they actually say that the candidates were embarassing, or just the attention?
Can we get a poll showing definitively that the rent is too damn high?
In a great metropolis like NYC you mean to tell me the best they can come up with is Spitzer, Weiner and Bloomberg? Really?