WASHINGTON (CNN) - The same day Dick Cheney delivered a major speech on the battle against terrorism, a new national poll suggests that favorable opinions of the former vice president are on the rise.
But the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Wednesday morning, indicates that a majority of Americans still have an unfavorable opinion of Cheney.
Fifty-five percent of people questioned in the poll say they have an unfavorable opinion of the former vice president. Thirty-seven percent say they have a favorable opinion of Cheney, up eight points from January when he left office.
In the past two months the former vice president has become a frequent critic of the new Administration in numerous national media interviews.
“Is Cheney’s uptick due to his visibility as one of the most outspoken critics of the Obama administration? Almost certainly not,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “Former President George W. Bush's favorable rating rose six points in that same time period, and Bush has not given a single public speech since he left office.”
The poll suggests that 41 percent of Americans hold a favorable opinion of the former president, with 57 percent viewing him unfavorably.
The survey’s release came just a few hours before Cheney spoke out Thursday on the war against terror during a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington based think tank. The former vice president defended the Bush Administration’s handling of the war on terror and challenged the Obama Administration’s attempt to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll was conducted May 14-17, with 1,010 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey’s sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points.
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maybee the gop has him on the rise.. i do not believe anyone esle does. and i am one of them, cheney is a loser and will always be a lose.
Guantanamo needs to be shut down, its occupants adjudicated and punished. The idea that we are placing our citizens at risk by putting convicted terrorists in our prisons is nonsense. We house criminals that would make any terrorist wish he had never commiteed a crime against humanity. So put them in with the bad boys and tell them they better not "drop the soap" in the shower.
I wouldn't believe DICK Cheney if he told me the sky was blue.
Cheney is only digging his hole deeper. While trying to justify decision that lead America into one of it's darkest hours, he may just be encouraging investigation.
"Keep the fear alive" should be the repubs new slogan.
yea ok what poll lol
The poll of the RNC (rightious NOE CON)
Those number are not the american people view on darth vader but i could agree on those number for he likability of the crazy facist loving repugs. The RNC and Taliban both share the same vision the destruction of democracy in the united states and justify it by religion
The Dick head should disappeared and get lost. We tha American people getting tired of their lies after lies. What more can they give us when they know they damaged the American system way of life? Get lost Dick and Bushy!
Looks like lying, threatening those who dissent, and trying to usurp power by destroying a country's consititution does pay off. Congrats Cheney.
People are just glad that they're no longer in office...of course they look favorable when they have zero influence on the world stage.
CHENEY is a war criminal, he is a felon, why are we listening to anything he says?
I guess Americans have little memory.
Are you kidding? Where there any non-right wing Republicans in this survey?
By the end of the Obama presidency in 2012, Obama will have the lowest approval rating of any president (including GW Bush). Four years of incompetency in both domestic and foreign policy will be too much for voters.
Interesting...
And how many comments here are going to say that they only polled racist rednecks with 3 teeth who answer their Big Bird telephone?
Number of people filing first-time unemployment claims: 631,000.
Continuing claims: 6.6 million
Obama losing support due to his socialistic agenda: Priceless
who are the morons who like this crazy man. he's a war criminal. put him behind bars.
Is this a joke? His popularity is rising among conservatives which notice does not represent the majority of the population. Texas can secede for all I care, Gov Perry is nothing but a terrorist. Cheney you have no facts, everything you represent is 100% lies. Nice life you have going for you bubba.
I think they should close gittmo and save our dollar...we can accamodate these in high security prisons in US and save sonsiderably good money....lot of 9/11 prisoners are in USA, why not these 140 bad guys....??? Are we crazy?? Politiciens are with bad motive....catch these politiciens first....everything will straighten....
Who did they poll, all republicans?
Theres no accounting for stupidity I suppose. Un-educated and ignorance is bliss when it comes to some Republican supporters
I know I have a more favorably opinion of him since he left office; he's less dangerous now that he's out of Washington. Doesn't mean I suddenly think he's a decent human being, though.
cheney / bush 2012,
Let's wait until he is goes to trial in The Hagg for crimes against humanity and we can check the polls again....
Cheney and Limbaugh are orchestrating their moves, in an attempt to bring a semblance of credibility back to their party.....Desperation spawns strange bedfellows.....Anyone who views Cheney favorably at this point in time is in league with the devil, and is promoting failure for our country.........
Huh? What morons were polled? Were they masochists?
Dick Cheney... isn't he the guy who sent our troops to Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction?
I think Dick Cheney's Favorable's on the rise is one of the seven signs of the apocalypse.
Must be members of the same YO HE HO club...
how quickly people forget.
In my opinion, Dick Cheney is a criminal. Over 4200 young men and women are dead because of a war that should have never been. He is a Bushie.
Dick Cheney is still lying garbage and one of the most evil men in American history.
Cheney 2012! I'm calling it now.
Same old Cheney, same old evil.
37% is nothing to brag about – 55% still aren't swayed by his boogey man tactics.
He's still walking talking human feces.
This man IS the Devil.
I have one favorable opinion of him.
I'm in favor of his going to prison for intentionally
lying to the American public about "weapons of
mass destruction" and leading us into war
based on lies.
This is why this country is in the toilet because they have the memory of a fruit fly
If they could have served a third term, I would have voted for Bush/Cheney a third time.
The man who would be king.
He is a neo nazi and all that it stands for.
"Ticker: Cheney gets good news in new poll"
Um.. you think he cares?
That means that we need to sterilize 37% of our population.
You know, I hear that Goebbels popularity is also on the rise.
Who is doing these Polls?? Are they only performed in Middle of Bible belt or something??
Let's face it – Dick Cheney – as well as every other Vice President in this country always gets picked on by the media RELENTLESSLY. However, the fact is that the guy knows his foreign affairs and Obama and his cronies DON'T. Case closed!
quit talking to him and maybe he will go away , i think his track record speaks for itself .
How does this become news??? He is a disgrace to USA and he should retire for real.......
CNN you will put up nonsense for rating!
Give us some real news-as to how DIck-Dicked US treasurey of trillions and left the World in a Mess because of his Stupid Wars-
Yeah ok, nice poll. I think far more Americans didn't apprciate being lied into a war on false claims and selective evidence brought to them by Bsuh/Cheney... For some reason the media eg. CNN, are bent on trying re-establish any credibility the Neo-Cons once had. Can I have the resuts of a reputable poll please?
His indictment as a war criminal will lower his poll numbers a bit.
Then he should get a bump in his numbers after his heart attack.
On matters of national security, Cheney has the knowledge, experience and wisdom. The Poll is irrelevant because most respondents do not know what is going on around the world. The local news media outlets do not cover international news as much as they should to educate the American people.
Cheney's a bum and needs to go crawl back under a rock. Had the Country had the foresight to see that if he would shoot or "pepper" his own friend, we would of known the American Public couldn't stand chance
Some food for thought. If I were polled on this question, as a liberal I would say I definitely have a favorable opinion of Cheney. Watching him destroy what's left of his party has been great entertainment.
those 37% voting favorably are either retarded or have very short memories. the Bush/Cheney administration was disastrous for this country and the world.
are you kidding me? who are these people?
For what its worth, I think he sucks!!
Let's see how high his favorable rating is when he's finally put in jail for authorizing the use of torture, making him no better than the United States' worst enemies.
The man is a criminal, a liar, and if there's a hell, he's headed for it.
I hope Americans aren't going to get STUPID again, letting the fear mongering Cheney suck them back into a place that didn't work out so well for the past 8 years.
Who cares what Chenney says now and before? He and Bush are responsible for the mess we are in now with their incompetency.
Cheney is bad, so is everything from the Bush era. At least, that's what I'm spoon-fed to believe from the media outlets. Even if Cheney managed to cure cancer, bring world peace and lead us into a new era of enlightenment, he'd still be bad.
And 37% would have a favorable opinion of a hemroid if the right wing media backed it over our current commander–in–chief. Hey, wait a minute they apparently do have a favorable opinion of a hemroid….
The only thing that would give me a favorable opinion of Cheney would be if he took the fatman Rush on a hunting expedition. Other than that he has no redeeming qualities.
Sorry for the typos "has" was suppose to be "had", "tried" was suppose to be "tired", and "thier" was suppose to be "their".
i think if you have a favorable opinion of cheney, that you should have to wear a sign, that way the rest of us know to stay away from you. far far away.
Why is this guy even a news story anymore? Let the crook abscond to his gated community and wither away.
Way to go, Dick! Perhaps, at least in response to carefully worded questions, no longer the most reviled man in America!
this is the fall of obama. this what happen when you don't procecute criminals.
O.K, I check this out and he's on the rise with a 37% approval rating? So, it raised, huh? You people are in fact a waste of time, you should have come hang out with us yesterday...
That sound you hear is all the liberals heads exploding. The Obama administration had better open it's ears to Cheney before disaster strikes.
That's just scary stupid.
Who cares!
...And there you have it! I am so excited for the GOP, they have a new face and leader, maybe he could run 2012 with Limbog.
He is still a criminal!!!
This shows how sick our society is. Mr. Cheney is a war criminal and belongs behind bars. He is an evil man. I guess all those with a favorable opinion love living in a dictatorship.
This news must really upset the Media. It appears their slander and lies have pushed some of the public back into seeing reality.
who the heck did they poll? Dick Cheney is doing more now that he is not in office and really just needs to realize he should just go away or at the very least to a prison.
This headline is totally misleading...37% is not even close to being favorable...wow up a whole 8 points...keep reaching for the stars Dick.
That old man needs to go rock on the porch
You have got to be kidding.
37% for this monster?? Amazing there are that many Bible-thumping rednecks out there.
Cheney is no hero. He is a draft dodging criminal that belongs in prison for high crimes and treason. CNN, stop glorifying him.
Dick Cheney is an American ideals hating scumbag. Put him in jail for his crimes!
Here is another opinion. I wish Cheney would just go and crawl back into the hole he came out of. Just like his nephew GWB has. In other words just GOAWAY Dick. You've done enough damage to America.
yes, popular with people that are still intent on dividing versus uniting this country.
Based on these poll results 37% of the people polled are: A) morons; B) cowards; C) get all their news from Rush and Fox; or D) All of the above
WHO CARES?!!!!! he needs to go back underground where he spend the 8 years he was vp. he is a liar and murderer.
Keep fighting, Cheney. People cannot help but listen. You're experience and knowledge is sorely missed. Obama has much to learn.
Hitler was popular with many Germans even when he trampled personal freedoms...Cheney is popular with many Americans even when he trampled personal freedoms...Popularity does not make it right. Cheney has set back American values hundreds of years. Shame on him!
Wait.. what?
WHY?!!!!
This man is pure evil... and dead wrong.
Just go away allready, slimey Dick!
Wingnuts coming back into the fold. Cheney is the only leader of the GOP these days. How sad.
must be the s&m croud. people that get off on beatings
I think he's gunning for president in 2012.
Cheney is evil personified. He advocates policies which historically have been the antithesis of what America stands for. He should be tried for war crimes.
My opinion remains the same. He should be in prison.
I like Cheney too, now that he is out of office.. I would really love him if he would simply go away forever..
absence makes the heart grow fonder!
Cheney ought to keep his mouth shut. He and Bush are to blame for the mess this county is in.
oh, and have you been listening to the new VP, no wonder Cheney's numbers are on the rise!
i want a recount, theres no way normal americans where asked this question
Perhaps people have forgotten his 8 years of failure as president...I mean vice president.
Why would Cheney care about polls anymore? I doubt he'll be running for elected office.
The american people are the most gullible in the world. Dick Cheney helped ruin america and now people are going to love their abusive daddy again. I think he is the devil!
You have to admit, he's not a wienie like our current vice president
And if Dick only had an ounce of credibility left, someone might care what he says. Even his own administration mates are disputing what he says.
Apparently more Americans are just as ignorant as Cheney suspected when he went on this media tour. Give me a break with this stuff. The guy belongs in jail. If some Americans are that willing to support this war criminal then they deserve what they get. No lessons learned from the not so distant past.
CNN
why don't you take poll about health care whether American public wants single payee system or current one?
Who was polled,his family ? This guy is the worst I've seen in my lifetime. And I'm no spring chicken . Cheney is the pits !
His ratings are going to rise the longer he is out of office in direct proportion to voters memory.
Opinions are improving in the far-right-wing nutjobs attitudes.
If he had his way, we'd be at war with every muslim country and Haliburton would have sole-source contracts to run them all.
Read the financial returns for Cheney on all the war-mongering he's done.
This is all the Republican Party have to offer the American people National Security and nothing and fear. It is not the Vice Presdient any more so why is he in the new. I bet it was all Republicans that they polled.
great use of deceptive title-ing – "Cheney making big gains" but a majority of Americans still don't like him at all.
the gop is dead due to bush/cheney, the gop is pathetic GO DEMS
He is a brilliant man. The Left hates him because he does not care what they say and did what he thought was the right thing to do. You Go Dick!!!!!
If they made a new Batman movie, Cheney could star as the Penguin–and beat the pants off of Danny Devito's version of the villian-hands down!
CNN, are you kidding me? I guess I shouldn't be too shocked. CNN pushes Cheney's talking points more than FOXNEWS. Where is "keeping them honest", when we need it?
Thirty-seven percent say they have a favorable opinion of Cheney, up eight points from January when he left office.
Only the his base have a favorable opinion – the same racist fools that still think Bush and his crimical Administration did a good job.
Why are we DETERMINED to be drawn to the ignorant, uncurious, knee-jerk, and unreasonable personalities in this country. It's very disappointing. It just goes to show that the side that (recently) represents these qualities has an easier job than the side that represents a reasoned, calm, and thoughtful approach. I need a drink!
MY QUESTOIN IS...how many of the "1,010 adult Americans questioned by telephone" were either Rethuglican or Democrat? The PARTY AFFILLIATION information, if reported, would be of importance and more accurate!
Why should we care? The guy's not in office anymore.
He already destroyed this country, why is he still talking? and even more so, why is the media giving him air time?
That's because 37% warship the devil
Just goes to show, lie loud enough and long enough and pretty soon folks will believe you.
Which is pretty much the whole story of the entire last eight years of Republican misrule, now that I think of it.
You gotta be kinding me. How soon we forget.
Dick Cheney is one of the most hated men in America! But he is number with me in sign language.
I think of him as Tricky Dick II, and I mean that with respect since I liked Nixon.
You gotta be kidding me. How soon we forget.
Dick Cheney is a scumbag....I cannot describe him in any other fashion..
The Prince of Darkness should go away and stay away and keep his mouth shut.
He should just be tried by the world court and we can be done hearing about him.
Keep on talking, Dick. You are the carnival barker for hate and intolerance and your unquenchable thirst for media attention is hastening the demise of the Republican party.
38 % is good? Wow thats like getting an F+ !
Cheney is a good man....the press has tried to make an animal out of him....all lies.
Sad. . .
The Nazi party also increased in popularity by the same 8%.
at least he is an american,,,,unlike osama obama.....who makes hitler look like jesus christ
He's an evil thing. Brilliant, but evil.
37% of Americans have a favourable opinion of this monster?
What is the matter with you people?????
There's only one direction you can go, Dick. UP!!
Oh give me a break! If he is more favorable, than I guess it is time to waterboard the poll participants and wake them up. Amazing what fear does in our country and taints how we see things.
Cheney was a lier when he was in office and he's a lier now. So if his favorable poll numbers are moving up, it just means that people are less discerning about what he says now that he's out of office.
Are you kidding me, Cheney has no credibility what so ever. he shot a man for goodness sake. "We will be greeted as liberators". There is no doubt that Iraq has reconstituted its nuclear program". Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld and the whole stinking crew should be hanged just like Saddam.
Could it be that we actually know that he is talking for himself rather than through his puppet George? That might be one thing to the rising numbers. It could also be that he is no longer responsible and venting.
Check Cheney's fav orable rating gain against the percentage of those rating him favorably who didn't graduate from high school. that could explain the 8 percent
Folks only time will tell when this is all said and done about Cheney. We will see who knows what and who knows what is going on in country. I have a pretty good idea who that will be.
Wow. That's great news for him. He'll probably celebrate by throwing a burlap bag full of kittens in the ocean.
Good job Mr. Cheney.
I don't know who they were polling but, no way no how. Dick is just that.
He needs to write his book on how to shoot freinds and go away. We've had enough of his failed policies.
Nobody polled me.... Cheney is a complete and utter moron who needs to retire before his heart explodes!! On second thought...keep talking Cheney.....
i have a very favorable opinion of the former vice president.
I guess you really can fool some of the people all of the time...
But CCN's opinion is not my opinion. You don't program me!!!
All this proves is that we have short attention spans. Dick Cheney is a war criminal who managed to sink this country in a mere eight years.
Wake up, people.
Hey Dick, the kickbacks from the uncontested contractor Halliburton came yet?
37% of the people are just plain stupid.
it's also very admirable that Cheney is standing up to Obama's call for accountability.
Let him go hunting with me...I can't tell you how much I despise that man, to the point it almost sickens me.
Cheney/Palin 2012!!!
Why is he still making speeches? Wont he just go away?
YUK!
finaly America is waking up!!!!!
Dick Cheney does nothing the change the world image of our country that President Obama and his administration are working to change. If Dick Cheney had his way he would continue to spread hate of Americans around the world and take us backwards, we don't need him.
This is news....? Wow, that's like saying you now have a 41% chance of not dying verses 37%. I see how that is good news. Everytime I visit CNN it reminds me why I stay away for so long.
How about the fact that the "unfavorable" tick went up 2%... was there a +8/-8 on the first poll and now a +2/-2 ?
Seriously....
Dick is trying to humanize himself after so many years of being behind the scenes of the administration in order to avoid ideas of criminal prosecution. Why the media is giving him any credibility to even be interviewed is a crime in itself.
This guy needs to be locked up in a Room with Rush. Wonder how come Bush doesnt have anything to say about this.
Because he is correct and does not govern based on polls. He has been proven right on everything since leaving. Bush and Cheney will be looked at much more favorably than BO 30 years from now. If there is another terror attack because of Bo, he should be tried for treason.
Is he still around trying to justify his crimes ? He is lucky that the Dems are the ones in power otherwise he would be in jail already !!! Dart Vader must go away !!!
I don't understand why this man is still permitted to be operating in government-related functions. He should be tried for crimes against humanity, found guilty and incarcerated.
Cheney is Evil.....Evil...Evil
He is also scared that all of his manipulation of GWB is going to come out.
Cheney is Evil
Dick Cheney's favorable opinion went up–so what? I'm sure the devil's favorable opinion would go up slightly after being out of office 5 months as well. The man is a war criminal. I seriously doubt his ratings will increase any further.
GOPers claiming CNN only polled Dems in 3...2...1...
Some day, i pray it's not to late' people will come to realize that Dick Cheney has been 100% right and that frigging obama is just another clueless babbling idiot.
This article could also have been titled "Cheney still hated by majority of Americans"
Well it's just the base of the party supporting their man...nothing more. More level headed educated people understand that this man and his administration is going down as the worst in history!
Maybe he can now run for president?
HE should be in Guantanamo Bay.
So concentration camps are now politically popular? And gross violations and disrespect of our Country's great Constitution and our founders ideals have become fodder for phony pinhead idiots like Cheney??
The media should be ashamed of itself. This guy is no conservative he is an apparatchik.
Ah, yes, CNN continues its love affair with one of the most despicable pieces of dirt to ever hold office in America. Says as much about CNN's politics as it does Cheney.
Can someone please explain to me why it is even relevant whether Dick Cheney is viewed favorably or not? He is no longer in office, and holds no position of power. He should step back and allow those who are currently in office do their job. Ridiculous.
More people have begun to ask themselves the question:
What if Cheney's right?
Because he has a big set and Obama has no ba##s.
Dick Cheney needs to be in prison along with Bush and rumpsfelt
for war crimes.
Where are you getting those numbers from?
Sarah Palin Wasilia News?
How can this arrogant ,incompetent lying thief get
any positive number-only from his HALLIBURTON BUDDIES.
Freedom of Speech is great, but I'm not so sure former vice-presidents should be in the media, acting as subversives against the sitting president. I don't remember Al Gore actively undermining George W Bush while he was president.
How painful this must be to the democratic traitors in congress to see real Americans embrace this patriot. They try to snach defeat from total victory in Iraq, only to see Pelosi (would someone please waterboard her?) and the gang crater in public opinion. Obama would be wise to continue to take direction on security and defense from this patriot.
What is wrong with these 41% americans to approve this guy who opt out a CIA agent for political gains, who lied to the nation to get us in Iraq so that his oil friends can have access to second largest oil deposits in the world, who arranged no bid contract for his former company Haliburton. I can go on and on. Actually this guy should be in the jail.
favorable poll numbers from wacko's maybe. could be palindrones.
Very simply, God Bless Dick Cheney.
Cheney's right, Obama is naive!
It seems the American public has a short memory. It seems absence is making the heart grow fonder for Cheney. I still feel that he is a war criminal.
Yeah well, those people are idiots. Cheney needs to be in prison for his war crimes, not on the stage.
This would have to be a poll based on die-hard republicans. The man is a criminal
it will keep rising. this guy has the guts to fight back against the lying smears of Obamaniacs.
Cheney is an idiot who needs to realize he isn't in the White House anymore.
Everytime I hear or see him, the old saying "I think he doth protest to much" comes to mind. Seems to me, he's awful worried about what may come out if Obama should press for a real investigation into the torture issue
It is about time a Republican had the cajones too really stand up and speak out about the nonsense that is coming out of this administration.
This is not hard to understand, us conservatives are looking, hoping, praying for a conservative leader to take a stand against and contrast the fasist policies of King Obama the arrogant.
Thirty seven percent of the people also believe in the devil. Congrat's, Dick!
Dick Cheney's is a god, not The God but A god.
I do not believe the polls. This ruthless has been needs to go back into his secure bunker and accept the new President Obama. He had his chance as co-president and he blew it. Tuck your tail and go home!!!
I wish that when CNN reports on polls, that you would indicate how many people were polled and in certain states or every state for example. Also how were the people contacted. What value is it to say 55% think this or that - if it is 55% of 1500 people, I don't really consider it of value.
He should be in JAIL, not parading in front of the press, defending torture and trying literally to get away with murder. Shame, shame, shame !
This doesn't change the fact that the man is evil and ill-informed. He's still a danger to this country and should be charged with war crimes.
Cheney's poll numbers may be rising but... the almost 4300 troops US troops and tens of thousand Iraqi's who have died as a result of his and G.W.'s stupidity can't vote!!
I hope the GOP latches onto Cheney; they'll never win another election.
There is a reason why democrats historically have low marks on national security..Mr. Obama needs to focus on the economy,the reason why he was elected, and leave national security to the republicans.
they must have polled republicans
i wish this man would just goo a way
he had his chance and look where it got us
Where did they take the poll? GOP HEADQUARTERS?
Proof positive that many American's just aren't that bright. History alone will show just how horrible the Bush/Cheney regime was. Until then the 60% of us with a 3 digit IQ and an ounce of common sense will just sit in revulsion and disgust at our fellow "Americans".
Those holding him in favor are probably the same ones who elected him and got us in this mess. Still, 41% in favor of him is not a good thing now is it. Wow, what a shocking result!
The public certainly sees honesty and sincerity in Cheney's arguments, but I think that releasing Guantanamo detainees to foreign countries might just make it eassier for them to plot against the US if they want . Living in the US might, on the other hand, give them the feeling that they are being constantly watched.
Ha ha...their favorable ratings are going up because people are starting to realize what an idiot they elected and are missing the good ol' days.
I, for one, am proud of Cheney. With Cheney you know what you're getting, Obama is very interested in keeping the Real Obama under wraps. Go Cheney!
Only for Dick Cheney would 37% approval rating seem positive.
Who cares? He's not in power anymore ( that we know of ) and he and his family have nothing better to do that to plaster their own faces all over the media, who plays right into their hands. Please find something better to report on – I saw enough of his mug for the past 8 years thank you.
Why whole American people don't realize that Cheney is trying move media attention to something esle.
Does this mean that all the lambasting of Cheney by the likes of CNN is another misreading of the American pulse by the mainstream media?
Oooooooh, he's up 8 points! Now he's in the 30's! AMAZING!!!! Are we SERIOUS?
Truth Hurts.
Conservative News Network continues to give Dick Cheney loads of air and print time, much to the dismay of most Americans. Can someone tell Cheney his term is over and to please go into hiding like his former boss. We're not interested in the opinions of a war criminal, and a white collar criminal as well.
the evil emperor of the dark side just won't go away......
Next to 'Biden the Bonehead' ANYONE would start to seem good. Cheney is one of the few republicans who still has a backbone and says what he believes. If he was younger, he should run in 2012. He would definitely be an improvement over what we have.
Wow!! Its a groundswell of support. 37% favorable rating for Cheney and 41% for Bush. Perhaps having such low ratings to start with mean they can only go up as short span memories of them fade away.
Appears that we are going to have Mr. Cheney around for awhile, whether we like it or not, rather like a persistent dose of a social disease.
Just shows how easily some people can be taken ! What next even more bull from the last 8 years ??? He just really needs to leave the only person here in the story that weakened America is dick Cheney!
NOW.......... THIS IS SCARY! However, there are 300 million Americans, and they polled 1,010. No one polls us, here in our state, because its solid "red". And there are millions of us who have no land-lines.
55% of the US population can't locate Europe on a globe/map. These same dolts believe what Jon Stewart and Time have told them about the former VP. "....but, haliburton!....he lied, people died!...."
It is weird how Cheney's approval goes up when he is out of office.
I guess this means Bush is pushing 30% approval by now.
Chenny and Palin in 2012
simply incredible
some people just don't learn from anything
Opinions of a liar and torturer on the rise! What a great country!
And no one could have predicted that Darth Vader would be the most popular Star Wars character. Hmmm… the similarities are uncanny!
Message to Dick Cheney...
You had your chance and blew it...We have a new President...Get over It..........
And what's the margin of error in this poll, 8 per cent?
His approval ratings are "up" to 37 per cent?
I bet 37% of the Storm Troopers approved of Darth Vader also.
That is still 55% of the people, CNN that do NOT agree with Cheney – last time i checked that was an overwhelming majority! Ridiculous that you say "Cheney gets good news!" come on! Anything to give this creep a soap box to spew his lies and hate.
Keep up the good work Mr. Cheney. You make these socialist democrats very nervous.
We have elected a new President, we need to hear from him! I don't need to hear press conferences from Cheney . 8 years is over please spare us!
These are probably the same pollsters who concluded that Carter was a successful President.
Ha Ha. Maybe he should run for President. WHO CARES?
he need to sit down and shutup
41 seems overly high to me considering the damage this man has done. Have these people already forgotten the fabricated evidence to justify Iraq, the no-bid contracts for his former company, the Valerie Plame "leak", the condoning of water boarding, etc? The list goes on and on.
Which trailer park did they use for this poll?
The only reason Cheney's favorable numbers are up is that he hasn't shot any of his friends lately. Always a positive in my book.
Cheney is right, whether you like him or not. Rush is right, whether you like him or not. The problem is that we need the same wise words coming out of the mouths of a Hollywood-handsome person to get the nitwits in this country to pull their heads out of their you-know-whats.
CNN:WHO CARES???? His administration is over. STOP REPORTING ON HIM. If you ignore the bad man, he will go away. You, CNN, are the ones to blame here. You are about to lose a very faithfull follower.
There is hope for America!
Who cares what Cheney has to say? If this is the voice of the Republican party then they are in trouble. Once again he is attempting to play the fear card and scare people.
this guy's a moron and LIAR; plain and simple.
Suckers
I love Dick Cheney.
Dick Cheney should be in jail.
He's no worse than Obama. At least he's not a socialist and has a birthcertificate
OHMY GOSH, Cheney go on home getting so tired of looking at your smirky face!!! The only ones making his polls go up are the republicans. Bush and Cheney made enough money off this gulf war
to last them ten lifetimes. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, this man is sick
The average American is more like to loose their job, run out of unemployment, loose their car, then their house. Then die from cancer because they have no health insurance. Than to die at the hands of a terrorist.
1. Cheney/Bush lost more jobs than any other president
2. Cheney/Bush mismanaged economic issues
3. Cheney/Bush did nothing but make healthcare more expensive
4. Cheney/Bush did very little to help the environment
Die hard Republicans need to stop the hatred of this nation, and look for ways to help.
Seriously? Seriously? Darth Vader's popularity is on the rise. So I guess Hell did just freeze over and...what's that, a flying pig.
He's an evil little Troll and only those right-wing wing-nuts of the Fascist Republic Party would love this guy.
Since these calls were by telephone (I assume land lines), the poll will not be accurate. Most younger people have cell phones, and that demographic will change the dynamics. I fail to see how anyone could have a favorable opinion of Mr. Cheney, but no one called me to ask. Older voters, who have land lines, are usually more conservative.
You must be kidding. What a short memory some Americans must have. This is the guy that assaulted our Constitution, lied to the American people, and advocated an unnecessary war. He should have a zero rating.
Goes to show how stupid most people are
The best defense in being rid of Cheny (Head of American Terrorism) is a nice, big, juicy, heart attack for him!
Why isn't God, doing his work for the American people!
37% of those polled have a favorable opinion of a man who lied to them, sending thousands of American soldiers to their demise? I wonder if any of those 37% are the same people saying Speaker Pelosi should resign for an alleged falsehood.
More Americans have a favorable opinion of Dick "BTK" Cheney than in Jan. when he left office. Just goes to show gullible and what a short memory span many of us have.
Wow! Thirty-eight percent!
38% !!! Whoop de whoop.
I have always admired Mr.Cheney and there is nothing that will change my mind. He has given his life for this country and he maked me feel safer knowing he was and is on watch for the country. Instead of the hatered people show him, they should stand to thank him for his efforts to keep this country safe.Those of you out there go ahead with all your name calling and ill words, he will long endure into history and that will be his judge, not you the faint of heart.