Majority of Americans: Bush Went Too Far with NSA

New Newsweek poll numbers show that President Bush is racing down towards some of the lowest poll numbers of all times. Currently, only Nixon, Carter, George Bush Senior, and President Clinton (in 93) have had lower poll numbers. Bush has 2 years to go, an energy crisis, a deficit crisis, a war, CIA scandals and resignations, NSA actions against regular Americans, a trade deficit with China and no end in sight to the problems mounting against an administration unable to deal with them.

Plus hurricane season is going to start in a few days, and FEMA has stated that they 'Are prepared.' This statement all by itself is enough to increase skepticism by voters that have seen the administration at its worst over the last 10 months.

A majority of Americans according to Newsweek feel that this administration went to far, overstepping its bounds by collecting phone call information on domestic calls made by tens of millions of Americans (some reports indicate that over 200 million Americans phone records have been collected by the NSA).

Many Americans feel that this action is an undue attack on their constitutional rights against search and seizure, and at worst feel this is directly against the laws created following President Nixon's Watergate scandal when wiretaps and phone records were collected against opposing democratic contenders for various offices.

According to Newsweek, "57 percent said that in light of the NSA data-mining news and other executive actions, the Bush-Cheney Administration has 'gone too far in expanding presidential power.' That compares to 38 percent who think the Administration's actions are appropriate."

Newsweek Poll: Americans Wary of NSA Surveillance - Newsweek Politics