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CNN Poll: Favorable opinion of Dick Cheney on the rise

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 Cheney's popularity has risen in recent weeks.
Cheney's popularity has risen in recent weeks.

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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  1. Anonymous

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:21 am at 8:21 am |
  2. Kitchen Police

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:21 am at 8:21 am |
  3. Steve M

    I wouldn't believe DICK Cheney if he told me the sky was blue.

    May 21, 2009 08:26 am at 8:26 am |
  4. Libertarian

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:27 am at 8:27 am |
  5. ALAN St LOUIS

    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

    May 21, 2009 08:27 am at 8:27 am |
  6. Dick

    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!

    May 21, 2009 08:28 am at 8:28 am |
  7. S, Miami, FL

    Looks like lying, threatening those who dissent, and trying to usurp power by destroying a country's consititution does pay off. Congrats Cheney.

    May 21, 2009 08:29 am at 8:29 am |
  8. VA 4 Obama

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:30 am at 8:30 am |
  9. gwen

    CHENEY is a war criminal, he is a felon, why are we listening to anything he says?

    May 21, 2009 08:32 am at 8:32 am |
  10. Monrob

    I guess Americans have little memory.

    May 21, 2009 08:32 am at 8:32 am |
  11. Dave

    Are you kidding? Where there any non-right wing Republicans in this survey?

    May 21, 2009 08:33 am at 8:33 am |
  12. phoenix86

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:35 am at 8:35 am |
  13. Fair is Fair

    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?

    May 21, 2009 08:36 am at 8:36 am |
  14. RealityKing

    Number of people filing first-time unemployment claims: 631,000.
    Continuing claims: 6.6 million
    Obama losing support due to his socialistic agenda: Priceless

    May 21, 2009 08:37 am at 8:37 am |
  15. jason, tx

    who are the morons who like this crazy man. he's a war criminal. put him behind bars.

    May 21, 2009 08:38 am at 8:38 am |
  16. Southerner

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:39 am at 8:39 am |
  17. didi

    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....

    May 21, 2009 08:40 am at 8:40 am |
  18. W. Art

    Who did they poll, all republicans?

    May 21, 2009 08:42 am at 8:42 am |
  19. John

    Theres no accounting for stupidity I suppose. Un-educated and ignorance is bliss when it comes to some Republican supporters

    May 21, 2009 08:44 am at 8:44 am |
  20. Mac

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:44 am at 8:44 am |
  21. jt

    cheney / bush 2012,

    May 21, 2009 08:45 am at 8:45 am |
  22. Lou

    Let's wait until he is goes to trial in The Hagg for crimes against humanity and we can check the polls again....

    May 21, 2009 08:46 am at 8:46 am |
  23. Simmy

    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.........

    May 21, 2009 08:46 am at 8:46 am |
  24. Jeff Brown

    Huh? What morons were polled? Were they masochists?

    May 21, 2009 08:47 am at 8:47 am |
  25. Mike S.

    Dick Cheney... isn't he the guy who sent our troops to Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction?

    May 21, 2009 08:48 am at 8:48 am |
  26. Jason

    I think Dick Cheney's Favorable's on the rise is one of the seven signs of the apocalypse.

    May 21, 2009 08:48 am at 8:48 am |
  27. DOC

    Must be members of the same YO HE HO club...

    May 21, 2009 08:48 am at 8:48 am |
  28. dan

    how quickly people forget.

    May 21, 2009 08:51 am at 8:51 am |
  29. RUTY

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:52 am at 8:52 am |
  30. Rick from Murfreesboro, TN

    Dick Cheney is still lying garbage and one of the most evil men in American history.

    May 21, 2009 08:53 am at 8:53 am |
  31. Todd in Georgia

    Cheney 2012! I'm calling it now.

    May 21, 2009 08:55 am at 8:55 am |
  32. SJ

    Same old Cheney, same old evil.

    May 21, 2009 08:55 am at 8:55 am |
  33. Eileen

    37% is nothing to brag about – 55% still aren't swayed by his boogey man tactics.

    He's still walking talking human feces.

    May 21, 2009 08:56 am at 8:56 am |
  34. Jeff

    This man IS the Devil.

    May 21, 2009 08:56 am at 8:56 am |
  35. chris24

    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.

    May 21, 2009 08:56 am at 8:56 am |
  36. republicans hate america

    This is why this country is in the toilet because they have the memory of a fruit fly

    May 21, 2009 08:57 am at 8:57 am |
  37. Obama is a Mistake

    If they could have served a third term, I would have voted for Bush/Cheney a third time.

    May 21, 2009 08:57 am at 8:57 am |
  38. JT from Tampa

    The man who would be king.

    May 21, 2009 08:57 am at 8:57 am |
  39. C Spurgeon

    He is a neo nazi and all that it stands for.

    May 21, 2009 08:58 am at 8:58 am |
  40. Daniel in PA

    "Ticker: Cheney gets good news in new poll"

    Um.. you think he cares?

    May 21, 2009 08:58 am at 8:58 am |
  41. Patriot

    That means that we need to sterilize 37% of our population.

    May 21, 2009 08:59 am at 8:59 am |
  42. Shari

    You know, I hear that Goebbels popularity is also on the rise.

    May 21, 2009 09:01 am at 9:01 am |
  43. J

    Who is doing these Polls?? Are they only performed in Middle of Bible belt or something??

    May 21, 2009 09:02 am at 9:02 am |
  44. GWB2012

    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!

    May 21, 2009 09:03 am at 9:03 am |
  45. scott ray

    quit talking to him and maybe he will go away , i think his track record speaks for itself .

    May 21, 2009 09:05 am at 9:05 am |
  46. Misty

    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-

    May 21, 2009 09:06 am at 9:06 am |
  47. Clutch

    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?

    May 21, 2009 09:06 am at 9:06 am |
  48. Peter Vaguely

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:07 am at 9:07 am |
  49. John

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:07 am at 9:07 am |
  50. Boomer

    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

    May 21, 2009 09:08 am at 9:08 am |
  51. Annie

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:08 am at 9:08 am |
  52. mark

    those 37% voting favorably are either retarded or have very short memories. the Bush/Cheney administration was disastrous for this country and the world.

    May 21, 2009 09:08 am at 9:08 am |
  53. V

    are you kidding me? who are these people?

    May 21, 2009 09:08 am at 9:08 am |
  54. AJP

    For what its worth, I think he sucks!!

    May 21, 2009 09:08 am at 9:08 am |
  55. David

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:09 am at 9:09 am |
  56. Claire

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:09 am at 9:09 am |
  57. tex123

    Who cares what Chenney says now and before? He and Bush are responsible for the mess we are in now with their incompetency.

    May 21, 2009 09:09 am at 9:09 am |
  58. Enraged Liberal

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:10 am at 9:10 am |
  59. chuck from Tulsa

    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….

    May 21, 2009 09:10 am at 9:10 am |
  60. John in Northern NY

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:11 am at 9:11 am |
  61. Ron L

    Sorry for the typos "has" was suppose to be "had", "tried" was suppose to be "tired", and "thier" was suppose to be "their".

    May 21, 2009 09:11 am at 9:11 am |
  62. a southern progressive

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:12 am at 9:12 am |
  63. George

    Why is this guy even a news story anymore? Let the crook abscond to his gated community and wither away.

    May 21, 2009 09:12 am at 9:12 am |
  64. PetePtld

    Way to go, Dick! Perhaps, at least in response to carefully worded questions, no longer the most reviled man in America!

    May 21, 2009 09:13 am at 9:13 am |
  65. marke from NY

    this is the fall of obama. this what happen when you don't procecute criminals.

    May 21, 2009 09:14 am at 9:14 am |
  66. Franky

    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...

    May 21, 2009 09:14 am at 9:14 am |
  67. TangledThorns

    That sound you hear is all the liberals heads exploding. The Obama administration had better open it's ears to Cheney before disaster strikes.

    May 21, 2009 09:14 am at 9:14 am |
  68. JDFrakes

    That's just scary stupid.

    May 21, 2009 09:15 am at 9:15 am |
  69. Jayden,FL

    Who cares!

    May 21, 2009 09:15 am at 9:15 am |
  70. Showstopa

    ...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.

    May 21, 2009 09:16 am at 9:16 am |
  71. B E in TN

    He is still a criminal!!!

    May 21, 2009 09:16 am at 9:16 am |
  72. Sonja

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:16 am at 9:16 am |
  73. Dan

    This news must really upset the Media. It appears their slander and lies have pushed some of the public back into seeing reality.

    May 21, 2009 09:16 am at 9:16 am |
  74. Jackson

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:17 am at 9:17 am |
  75. gabe

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:18 am at 9:18 am |
  76. Jim

    That old man needs to go rock on the porch

    May 21, 2009 09:18 am at 9:18 am |
  77. Robert

    You have got to be kidding.

    May 21, 2009 09:18 am at 9:18 am |
  78. Artie

    37% for this monster?? Amazing there are that many Bible-thumping rednecks out there.

    May 21, 2009 09:19 am at 9:19 am |
  79. richard Miller

    Cheney is no hero. He is a draft dodging criminal that belongs in prison for high crimes and treason. CNN, stop glorifying him.

    May 21, 2009 09:19 am at 9:19 am |
  80. Larry from Apex, NC

    Dick Cheney is an American ideals hating scumbag. Put him in jail for his crimes!

    May 21, 2009 09:19 am at 9:19 am |
  81. Andyb

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:19 am at 9:19 am |
  82. job

    yes, popular with people that are still intent on dividing versus uniting this country.

    May 21, 2009 09:19 am at 9:19 am |
  83. Bob C

    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

    May 21, 2009 09:20 am at 9:20 am |
  84. ANGIE

    WHO CARES?!!!!! he needs to go back underground where he spend the 8 years he was vp. he is a liar and murderer.

    May 21, 2009 09:20 am at 9:20 am |
  85. Mark

    Keep fighting, Cheney. People cannot help but listen. You're experience and knowledge is sorely missed. Obama has much to learn.

    May 21, 2009 09:21 am at 9:21 am |
  86. Gstreet

    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!

    May 21, 2009 09:21 am at 9:21 am |
  87. Xaivier

    Wait.. what?

    WHY?!!!!

    This man is pure evil... and dead wrong.

    Just go away allready, slimey Dick!

    May 21, 2009 09:21 am at 9:21 am |
  88. SpaceCat

    Wingnuts coming back into the fold. Cheney is the only leader of the GOP these days. How sad.

    May 21, 2009 09:23 am at 9:23 am |
  89. TOMMY PERKINS

    must be the s&m croud. people that get off on beatings

    May 21, 2009 09:23 am at 9:23 am |
  90. Charles

    I think he's gunning for president in 2012.

    May 21, 2009 09:24 am at 9:24 am |
  91. DBA

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:24 am at 9:24 am |
  92. Kristin

    My opinion remains the same. He should be in prison.

    May 21, 2009 09:24 am at 9:24 am |
  93. Mike

    I like Cheney too, now that he is out of office.. I would really love him if he would simply go away forever..

    May 21, 2009 09:25 am at 9:25 am |
  94. Mike

    absence makes the heart grow fonder!

    May 21, 2009 09:26 am at 9:26 am |
  95. Phil

    Cheney ought to keep his mouth shut. He and Bush are to blame for the mess this county is in.

    May 21, 2009 09:26 am at 9:26 am |
  96. Mike

    oh, and have you been listening to the new VP, no wonder Cheney's numbers are on the rise!

    May 21, 2009 09:27 am at 9:27 am |
  97. Detroit Larry

    i want a recount, theres no way normal americans where asked this question

    May 21, 2009 09:28 am at 9:28 am |
  98. Evan

    Perhaps people have forgotten his 8 years of failure as president...I mean vice president.

    May 21, 2009 09:28 am at 9:28 am |
  99. Bill

    Why would Cheney care about polls anymore? I doubt he'll be running for elected office.

    May 21, 2009 09:28 am at 9:28 am |
  100. scott

    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!

    May 21, 2009 09:28 am at 9:28 am |
  101. Tom

    You have to admit, he's not a wienie like our current vice president

    May 21, 2009 09:28 am at 9:28 am |
  102. Jim D, IL

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:29 am at 9:29 am |
  103. john

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:29 am at 9:29 am |
  104. haren

    CNN
    why don't you take poll about health care whether American public wants single payee system or current one?

    May 21, 2009 09:30 am at 9:30 am |
  105. Lefty

    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 !

    May 21, 2009 09:30 am at 9:30 am |
  106. Jack Fl

    His ratings are going to rise the longer he is out of office in direct proportion to voters memory.

    May 21, 2009 09:30 am at 9:30 am |
  107. Had It

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:31 am at 9:31 am |
  108. gl, Pittsburgh

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:31 am at 9:31 am |
  109. Tom

    great use of deceptive title-ing – "Cheney making big gains" but a majority of Americans still don't like him at all.

    May 21, 2009 09:31 am at 9:31 am |
  110. TRUTH

    the gop is dead due to bush/cheney, the gop is pathetic GO DEMS

    May 21, 2009 09:33 am at 9:33 am |
  111. Rich

    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!!!!!

    May 21, 2009 09:33 am at 9:33 am |
  112. Common Cents

    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!

    May 21, 2009 09:33 am at 9:33 am |
  113. Dbow Queen City

    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?

    May 21, 2009 09:33 am at 9:33 am |
  114. gl, Pittsburgh

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:33 am at 9:33 am |
  115. Tony

    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!

    May 21, 2009 09:34 am at 9:34 am |
  116. Olive

    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!

    May 21, 2009 09:34 am at 9:34 am |
  117. Alex

    Why should we care? The guy's not in office anymore.

    May 21, 2009 09:34 am at 9:34 am |
  118. liz

    He already destroyed this country, why is he still talking? and even more so, why is the media giving him air time?

    May 21, 2009 09:35 am at 9:35 am |
  119. New Yorker

    That's because 37% warship the devil

    May 21, 2009 09:35 am at 9:35 am |
  120. Jim

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:36 am at 9:36 am |
  121. Haneef Shakur

    You gotta be kinding me. How soon we forget.

    May 21, 2009 09:37 am at 9:37 am |
  122. Seattle Sue

    Dick Cheney is one of the most hated men in America! But he is number with me in sign language.

    May 21, 2009 09:37 am at 9:37 am |
  123. Stef

    I think of him as Tricky Dick II, and I mean that with respect since I liked Nixon.

    May 21, 2009 09:37 am at 9:37 am |
  124. Haneef Shakur

    You gotta be kidding me. How soon we forget.

    May 21, 2009 09:37 am at 9:37 am |
  125. Jim - Kingston, Pa

    Dick Cheney is a scumbag....I cannot describe him in any other fashion..

    May 21, 2009 09:38 am at 9:38 am |
  126. Tom

    The Prince of Darkness should go away and stay away and keep his mouth shut.

    May 21, 2009 09:39 am at 9:39 am |
  127. jim Marlowe New York, NY

    He should just be tried by the world court and we can be done hearing about him.

    May 21, 2009 09:39 am at 9:39 am |
  128. Look Forward

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:40 am at 9:40 am |
  129. Chad

    38 % is good? Wow thats like getting an F+ !

    May 21, 2009 09:41 am at 9:41 am |
  130. elliott

    Cheney is a good man....the press has tried to make an animal out of him....all lies.

    May 21, 2009 09:41 am at 9:41 am |
  131. Sam

    Sad. . .

    May 21, 2009 09:41 am at 9:41 am |
  132. Larry

    The Nazi party also increased in popularity by the same 8%.

    May 21, 2009 09:42 am at 9:42 am |
  133. david

    at least he is an american,,,,unlike osama obama.....who makes hitler look like jesus christ

    May 21, 2009 09:42 am at 9:42 am |
  134. Erik in Real Pennsylvania

    He's an evil thing. Brilliant, but evil.

    May 21, 2009 09:44 am at 9:44 am |
  135. Simon

    37% of Americans have a favourable opinion of this monster?

    What is the matter with you people?????

    May 21, 2009 09:44 am at 9:44 am |
  136. dark days

    There's only one direction you can go, Dick. UP!!

    May 21, 2009 09:45 am at 9:45 am |
  137. Tomas E

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:46 am at 9:46 am |
  138. JayW

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:47 am at 9:47 am |
  139. John

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:47 am at 9:47 am |
  140. S.B. Stein E.B. NJ

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:48 am at 9:48 am |
  141. Dave

    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

    May 21, 2009 09:54 am at 9:54 am |
  142. Oh My!

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:55 am at 9:55 am |
  143. Bananarama Victim II: Electric Boogaloo

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:55 am at 9:55 am |
  144. Keith A Sillsbury

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:55 am at 9:55 am |
  145. Mark

    Nobody polled me.... Cheney is a complete and utter moron who needs to retire before his heart explodes!! On second thought...keep talking Cheney.....

    May 21, 2009 09:56 am at 9:56 am |
  146. lb

    i have a very favorable opinion of the former vice president.

    May 21, 2009 09:56 am at 9:56 am |
  147. Ellen Scott

    I guess you really can fool some of the people all of the time...

    May 21, 2009 09:56 am at 9:56 am |
  148. The Broker.

    But CCN's opinion is not my opinion. You don't program me!!!

    May 21, 2009 09:56 am at 9:56 am |
  149. David in Houston

    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.

    May 21, 2009 09:56 am at 9:56 am |
  150. hypocrites_are_everywhere

    Hey Dick, the kickbacks from the uncontested contractor Halliburton came yet? :)

    May 21, 2009 09:57 am at 9:57 am |
  151. Joe

    37% of the people are just plain stupid.

    May 21, 2009 09:58 am at 9:58 am |
  152. Baze

    it's also very admirable that Cheney is standing up to Obama's call for accountability.

    May 21, 2009 09:58 am at 9:58 am |
  153. Brandon (Wilmington, NC)

    Let him go hunting with me...I can't tell you how much I despise that man, to the point it almost sickens me.

    May 21, 2009 09:59 am at 9:59 am |
  154. believe it

    Cheney/Palin 2012!!!

    May 21, 2009 09:59 am at 9:59 am |
  155. DT

    Why is he still making speeches? Wont he just go away?

    May 21, 2009 09:59 am at 9:59 am |
  156. jwn in south carolina

    YUK!

    May 21, 2009 09:59 am at 9:59 am |
  157. SOL

    finaly America is waking up!!!!!

    May 21, 2009 10:02 am at 10:02 am |
  158. Claudia in Houson

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:02 am at 10:02 am |
  159. Seriously@cnn.com

    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....

    May 21, 2009 10:02 am at 10:02 am |
  160. John Q. Public

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:03 am at 10:03 am |
  161. Irma in North Carolina

    This guy needs to be locked up in a Room with Rush. Wonder how come Bush doesnt have anything to say about this.

    May 21, 2009 10:03 am at 10:03 am |
  162. Tate

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:04 am at 10:04 am |
  163. virginia nielsen

    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 !!!

    May 21, 2009 10:04 am at 10:04 am |
  164. Larry Kazal

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:04 am at 10:04 am |
  165. MDM-VA Real

    Cheney is Evil.....Evil...Evil
    He is also scared that all of his manipulation of GWB is going to come out.

    Cheney is Evil

    May 21, 2009 10:05 am at 10:05 am |
  166. Rachel Sears

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:05 am at 10:05 am |
  167. Sniffit

    GOPers claiming CNN only polled Dems in 3...2...1...

    May 21, 2009 10:05 am at 10:05 am |
  168. Bill ~ Down on the Bayou

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:06 am at 10:06 am |
  169. F-Dog

    This article could also have been titled "Cheney still hated by majority of Americans"

    May 21, 2009 10:06 am at 10:06 am |
  170. Chris ~ Albany, NY

    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!

    May 21, 2009 10:06 am at 10:06 am |
  171. Mike

    Maybe he can now run for president?

    May 21, 2009 10:07 am at 10:07 am |
  172. Mayberry,Québec, Canada

    HE should be in Guantanamo Bay.

    May 21, 2009 10:08 am at 10:08 am |
  173. lieNoMore

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:08 am at 10:08 am |
  174. Steve

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:08 am at 10:08 am |
  175. Juanita

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:14 am at 10:14 am |
  176. It could happen

    More people have begun to ask themselves the question:
    What if Cheney's right?

    May 21, 2009 10:14 am at 10:14 am |
  177. Mark Cross Junction VA

    Because he has a big set and Obama has no ba##s.

    May 21, 2009 10:14 am at 10:14 am |
  178. Joe Merchant

    Dick Cheney needs to be in prison along with Bush and rumpsfelt
    for war crimes.

    May 21, 2009 10:14 am at 10:14 am |
  179. luan isuffi

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:18 am at 10:18 am |
  180. Jefe

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:18 am at 10:18 am |
  181. Bill in Philly

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:18 am at 10:18 am |
  182. suresh

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:18 am at 10:18 am |
  183. chesapeakephil

    favorable poll numbers from wacko's maybe. could be palindrones.

    May 21, 2009 10:19 am at 10:19 am |
  184. Tom

    Very simply, God Bless Dick Cheney.

    May 21, 2009 10:19 am at 10:19 am |
  185. tina

    Cheney's right, Obama is naive!

    May 21, 2009 10:20 am at 10:20 am |
  186. Amy

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:21 am at 10:21 am |
  187. Melissa

    Yeah well, those people are idiots. Cheney needs to be in prison for his war crimes, not on the stage.

    May 21, 2009 10:21 am at 10:21 am |
  188. Don

    This would have to be a poll based on die-hard republicans. The man is a criminal

    May 21, 2009 10:22 am at 10:22 am |
  189. Truth

    it will keep rising. this guy has the guts to fight back against the lying smears of Obamaniacs.

    May 21, 2009 10:22 am at 10:22 am |
  190. itbeme

    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

    May 21, 2009 10:22 am at 10:22 am |
  191. jkeyes

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:23 am at 10:23 am |
  192. Hiser

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:23 am at 10:23 am |
  193. Johnathan S.

    Thirty seven percent of the people also believe in the devil. Congrat's, Dick!

    May 21, 2009 10:23 am at 10:23 am |
  194. PorchMonkey

    Dick Cheney's is a god, not The God but A god.

    May 21, 2009 10:23 am at 10:23 am |
  195. robert burton

    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!!!

    May 21, 2009 10:24 am at 10:24 am |
  196. Jill-IN

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:25 am at 10:25 am |
  197. librarian

    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 !

    May 21, 2009 10:25 am at 10:25 am |
  198. MrPragmatic

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:25 am at 10:25 am |
  199. Ernie

    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!!

    May 21, 2009 10:25 am at 10:25 am |
  200. Erik in Iowa City

    I hope the GOP latches onto Cheney; they'll never win another election.

    May 21, 2009 10:25 am at 10:25 am |
  201. penpol2000

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:25 am at 10:25 am |
  202. nicole

    they must have polled republicans

    May 21, 2009 10:26 am at 10:26 am |
  203. warren smith

    i wish this man would just goo a way
    he had his chance and look where it got us

    May 21, 2009 10:26 am at 10:26 am |
  204. CRAIG

    Where did they take the poll? GOP HEADQUARTERS?

    May 21, 2009 10:26 am at 10:26 am |
  205. AnnMM

    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".

    May 21, 2009 10:30 am at 10:30 am |
  206. Rick

    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!

    May 21, 2009 10:30 am at 10:30 am |
  207. Ephraim Ndemah

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:31 am at 10:31 am |
  208. will

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:32 am at 10:32 am |
  209. Michelle

    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!

    May 21, 2009 10:32 am at 10:32 am |
  210. Debbie

    Only for Dick Cheney would 37% approval rating seem positive.

    May 21, 2009 10:32 am at 10:32 am |
  211. JAS

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:33 am at 10:33 am |
  212. Ali

    Why whole American people don't realize that Cheney is trying move media attention to something esle.

    May 21, 2009 10:33 am at 10:33 am |
  213. lo

    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?

    May 21, 2009 10:33 am at 10:33 am |
  214. Vigla

    Oooooooh, he's up 8 points! Now he's in the 30's! AMAZING!!!! Are we SERIOUS?

    May 21, 2009 10:33 am at 10:33 am |
  215. JB

    Truth Hurts.

    May 21, 2009 10:34 am at 10:34 am |
  216. doc PA

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:34 am at 10:34 am |
  217. andrew s. rostolder

    the evil emperor of the dark side just won't go away......

    May 21, 2009 10:34 am at 10:34 am |
  218. Truth-Bomb Thrower

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:34 am at 10:34 am |
  219. Barry in Maryland

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:34 am at 10:34 am |
  220. Reilly Rix

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:34 am at 10:34 am |
  221. john

    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!

    May 21, 2009 10:35 am at 10:35 am |
  222. LacrosseMom

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:35 am at 10:35 am |
  223. Paul T.

    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!...."

    May 21, 2009 10:35 am at 10:35 am |
  224. Alicia

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:36 am at 10:36 am |
  225. Rush

    Chenny and Palin in 2012

    May 21, 2009 10:36 am at 10:36 am |
  226. just me

    simply incredible
    some people just don't learn from anything

    May 21, 2009 10:36 am at 10:36 am |
  227. Right wing talking point

    Opinions of a liar and torturer on the rise! What a great country!

    May 21, 2009 10:37 am at 10:37 am |
  228. Bob Barry

    And no one could have predicted that Darth Vader would be the most popular Star Wars character. Hmmm… the similarities are uncanny!

    May 21, 2009 10:37 am at 10:37 am |
  229. rick

    Message to Dick Cheney...

    You had your chance and blew it...We have a new President...Get over It..........

    May 21, 2009 10:37 am at 10:37 am |
  230. Film Professor

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:37 am at 10:37 am |
  231. Terri

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:37 am at 10:37 am |
  232. Ben

    Keep up the good work Mr. Cheney. You make these socialist democrats very nervous.

    May 21, 2009 10:38 am at 10:38 am |
  233. We elected Pres. Obama not Cheney!

    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!

    May 21, 2009 10:38 am at 10:38 am |
  234. Paul from Phoenix

    These are probably the same pollsters who concluded that Carter was a successful President.

    May 21, 2009 10:38 am at 10:38 am |
  235. Vince

    Ha Ha. Maybe he should run for President. WHO CARES?

    May 21, 2009 10:38 am at 10:38 am |
  236. ja

    he need to sit down and shutup

    May 21, 2009 10:38 am at 10:38 am |
  237. Bill

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:42 am at 10:42 am |
  238. Bob Evano

    Which trailer park did they use for this poll?

    May 21, 2009 10:42 am at 10:42 am |
  239. Jay

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:43 am at 10:43 am |
  240. Jim

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:43 am at 10:43 am |
  241. Jerry

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:44 am at 10:44 am |
  242. Anonymous

    There is hope for America!

    May 21, 2009 10:44 am at 10:44 am |
  243. Don

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:44 am at 10:44 am |
  244. Josh

    this guy's a moron and LIAR; plain and simple.

    May 21, 2009 10:44 am at 10:44 am |
  245. George

    Suckers

    May 21, 2009 10:44 am at 10:44 am |
  246. sniffit

    I love Dick Cheney.

    May 21, 2009 10:45 am at 10:45 am |
  247. Alex in the I-4 Corridor

    Dick Cheney should be in jail.

    May 21, 2009 10:45 am at 10:45 am |
  248. ann

    He's no worse than Obama. At least he's not a socialist and has a birthcertificate

    May 21, 2009 10:45 am at 10:45 am |
  249. Joe Smoe

    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

    May 21, 2009 10:46 am at 10:46 am |
  250. T the B

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:46 am at 10:46 am |
  251. Lewis Tant, RN

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:46 am at 10:46 am |
  252. Darla Wilshire

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:47 am at 10:47 am |
  253. JOE COLLINA

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:47 am at 10:47 am |
  254. Tom Piecuch

    Goes to show how stupid most people are

    May 21, 2009 10:47 am at 10:47 am |
  255. Tom Trane

    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!

    May 21, 2009 10:47 am at 10:47 am |
  256. Kent

    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.

    May 21, 2009 10:47 am at 10:47 am |
  257. florida indep

    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.

    May 21, 2009 11:34 am at 11:34 am |
  258. Ambrose Smith, Borrego Springs, California

    Wow! Thirty-eight percent!

    38% !!! Whoop de whoop.

    May 21, 2009 11:35 am at 11:35 am |
  259. Toby in Florida

    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.

    May 21, 2009 11:35 am at 11:35 am |