The internals are even more interesting, because they show that the public is overwhelmingly rejecting the latest argument from the Cheney wing of the GOP.
The poll finds that a big majority, 65%, supports the decision to Mirandize the Christmas bomb plotter. But it gets better. The public also thinks all terror suspects should be Mirandized as a matter of policy [..]
The Cheneyites have been aggressively criticizing the Mirandizing of terror suspects in order to prove that Obama doesn't have the right mindset to take on the terrorists and is treating them as common criminals. But the above numbers show that majorities don't have a problem with what the Obama administration is doing on this front.
Poll: 65% of Americans support giving Miranda rights to underwear bomber (only 33% disapprove), 56% support giving them to *all* accused terrorists
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