January 7, 2004 and there's nothing like a good poll to give the Dems a spine.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. John G. Rowland's public support continues to erode following his admission that he lied about accepting gifts from employees and state contractors for his summer cottage in Litchfield, a Quinnipiac University poll showed Wednesday.
A majority of voters - 56 percent - told Quinnipiac pollsters that Rowland should resign. Only 44 percent who thought he should resign in a poll released Dec. 17, shortly after the governor first admitted he lied.
Forty-two percent of those polled think the legislature should try to impeach Rowland, Quinnipiac said. In a University of Connecticut poll last month, 22 percent of state residents favored immediate impeachment, while 75 percent wanted to wait for an investigation to finish.
"As people learn more about the controversy, the tide of public opinion is turning against Rowland," said Quinnipiac poll director Douglas Schwartz.
Following the poll, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin Sullivan said Rowland should resign.
"The overwhelming majority of people of Connecticut have expressed the opinion that the governor should resign - and he should," Sullivan said.
In this case, public opinion must weigh heavily on what the legislature decides to do, said Sullivan, D-West Hartford.
"If you don't listen to the people on this, I don't know what you listen to," he said.
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