CNN Poll: Is Porter Goss good choice for CIA director?

[Flubadubya]

Go give your input on this poll:

www.cnn.com/wolf

[NMDemDist2]

1. done

Yes 48% 19442 votes

No 52% 21355 votes
Total: 40797 votes

[Pegleg Thd]

5. Done

As usual the bushit bastard has made the wrong choice.. Will be damned glad to see him gone...

[swag]

2. done

though I can't imagine why anybody would watch ol' scraggly's show.

Somebody treat this guy to a facial Brazilian!

[proud patriot]

3. done n/t

[Brotherjohn]

4. Wait... where's the choice for: "HELL NO!!" (nt)

[amber dog democrat]

6. 52% NO done

is this beeing freeped?

[Gothmog]

7. done

no 52% this poll needs some help.

[patdem]

8. done...48% yes 52% no...so far

[jjmalonejr]

9. done

47% yes
53% no

[havocmom]

10. come on people

Yes 47% 20522 votes
No 53% 22793 votes
Total: 43315 votes

[buycitgo]

11. I was surprised it wasn't more like 60-40 the other way

who the hell knows anything about him?

you'd think the typical CNN dip would let the pres have his way on this

[dave29]

12. Done.

n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

13. Wow. This guy at Oveis is GOOD:

"...Speculation is that Goss, a former CIA operative for nine years, an eight-term Republican congressman, and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, tops Bush's list of candidates for the post. No fool, Goss has apparently been planning ahead. He introduced a bill last month that would expand the CIA director's authority to about 70 percent of the intelligence budget. Coincidentally, that was one of the key recommendations made by the joint Senate-House report on the 9/11 attacks, which was co-chaired by, you guessed it, Porter Goss. Critics say Goss's political antics reveal a partisan streak that compromises his ability to be a fair and diplomatic CIA chief. Most recently, he interrupted debate on the House intelligence authorization bill by displaying a sign with a 1977 quote from John Kerry that called for cuts to the intelligence budget. Additionally, Goss tacked language onto his bill that was highly critical of the CIA, saying the Agency's directorate of operations was heading "over a proverbial cliff" and is in danger of becoming a "stilted bureaucracy incapable of even the slightest bit of success." The language put Goss at immediate odds with senior CIA officials, even causing George Tenet to say the criticism was "ill-informed" and "frankly absurd."

Bottom line: If Bush is looking to pick a protracted political fight--and it wouldn't be the first time--Porter Goss is his man. Odds: 3:1

http://oveis.typepad.com/oveis/2004/07/tenets_successo.html

[Sparkle]

14. It doesn't matter if he's a good choice.

He'll only have the job for a few months.:-)

[yellowcanine]

15. 53 -no; 47 - yes.

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[Flubadubya]

16. Lou Dobbs is continuing the poll...

same question, but it's also still at Blitzer's site.

Keep it up folks! It's still at 47% to 53%.

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. Do the Lou Dobbs Poll! It's the same and the results are...

Do you think Congressman Porter Goss is qualfied for the job of CIA director?

Yes 15% 172 votes

No 85% 970 votes
Total: 1142 votes

MUCH better!

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/

[Flubadubya]

18. Thanks in_cog_ni_to...

I didn't realize Lou's was a new poll... I just thought it was a continuation of Wolf's. Good, this looks (as you say) MUCH better! :)

[melonhawg]

19. Done.

n/t

[CBHagman]

20. No option for "Porter who?"

I mean, really! Does anyone believe that most people would know Porter Goss from a two-toed sloth? Yes, I can imagine he's appeared on "Late Edition" to register with the CNN viewers, but still...