Further, strong public criticism of the way he has handled the Monica Lewinsky matter has failed to shake Clinton's approval ratings or increase support for impeachment or resignation. But Clinton's performance-based support shows some signs of vulnerability.
Personal judgments are much harsher.
References to foreign policy may reflect opinion of last week's air strikes against terrorist bases, which met with even broader approval in the Pew Research Center survey than in initial overnight reaction polls. Nonetheless, doubts about the president's moral authority are a potentially serious worry. This view of the president is far more powerfully connected to believing that he should resign than is personal criticism of him regarding his involvement with Lewinsky or his handling of the matter. For all the frustration with Clinton's handling of the Lewinsky matter, in many ways the public remains very tolerant of him. Less than half of those who think the president should have admitted his relationship sooner say they are angry with him about it.