White House hiding something about Enron, says Poll

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New York, January 19:: Almost two-thirds of Americans in a new CBS News poll think that the administration of President George W Bush is either hiding something or lying about its relationship with Enron, the failed energy trading company that has been a big contributor to the President and to other politicians from both parties.

The poll was of 1,030 adults taken between January 15-17 and was released on Friday. It had an error margin of plus or minus three percentage points.

The findings points out that almost two-thirds-63 per cent-think that the Bush administration is not telling everything it knows about its relationship with Enron.

That group breaks up this way. A fifth think that the Bush administration is lying about its relationship with Enron, while almost half 44 per cent- feel that the administration is hiding something.

While just over half said that the company’s calls to the Bush administration for help were wrong, another just over half said that the administration did the right thing if it didnot help the company.

Now under half say that the oil industry has too much influence on the Bush administration, down from two-thirds who felt that way in August.

Four in 10 say-they are worried that they have too much of their retirement savings in the company’s stock. Seven in 10 pointed out that the government should not make uppension losses of people whose company goes bankrupt.