He needs to cooperate with Congress, not engage in the same tactics he has for the last seven months. Across the country, politicians, pollsters and other political observers reported shock and dismay as the details of the Starr report reached people through saturation media coverage. But the extent of the damage to the president and other Democrats remained uncertain. They feel the president did wrong. We fear it could impact turnout here.
People are upset, they're shocked, they're concerned about the future of the country.
But there's no majority one way or another on what should come next. There's just sadness for the office of the president and concern about our standing in the world. Steve Mitchell, an independent pollster in Michigan, said an overnight survey of 400 voters taken for today's Detroit News showed a 10-point drop from last month in both Clinton's job approval and personal favorability scores. But, he said, six in 10 voters still wanted him to finish his term. There appeared to be growing support among political insiders for the notion that a formal censure of the president was the appropriate measure.