Voters Disapprove of Obama Blocking Release of Fast & Furious Docs

Voters Disapprove of Obama Blocking Release of Fast & Furious Docs: Though the 2-to-1 margin is higher than I expected, there was little doubt President Obama's decision to invoke executive privilege to prevent the release of documents that might shed some light in the Fast and Furious scandal was a bad political move.

This is what makes the President's decision so troubling.

What's in those documents that makes paying the political price worth it?

Because our media has protected Obama by refusing to cover Fast and Furious, voters aren't anywhere near as educated on the story as they were, say, the nothingburger that was Valerie Plame. But for decades, executive privilege has been synonymous with Watergate and cover ups.

From the looks of this poll released today, it still is:

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