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According to a poll released late yesterday, American voters place the blame for the 9/11 Benghazi terror attack on President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Sixty percent of voters blame Clinton for what happened, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday. That includes 28 percent who blame her “a great deal” and another 32 percent who say she deserves “some” JerryHolbert blame.

Essentially the same number -- 59 percent -- blames Obama (26 percent “a great deal” and 33 percent “some”). A Democrat lawyer’s view of just where Bieber went wrong | Jazz Shaw One voter in five says that the leaders are “not at all” responsible. Quotes of the day | Allahpundit

About four Democrats in 10 blames each: 41 percent blame Clinton, and California: Another state ObamaCare 38 percent blame Obama. Twice as many Republicans blame the former success story that wasn’t | Mary Katharine secretary (80 percent) and the president (80 percent). Ham

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Among independents, about six in ten think Clinton (62 percent) and Business activity shrinks in Socialist Obama (64 percent) are at least somewhat responsible. France; still waiting on Hollande to make moves | Erika Johnsen When voters were asked about why they thought the Obama administration falsely SCOTUS extends stay on Little Sisters blamed the attack on a YouTube video, most said it was to protect President case | Ed Morrissey Obama politically. At the time of the attack, President Obama was running for re- election against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and repeatedly Anthony Weiner: Let’s face it, Hillary’s stated on the campaign trail that al Qaeda, whose terror affiliates carried out the arguably the most qualified presidential attack, was "on the run." candidate in U.S. history | Allahpundit

About half think it was to protect Obama politically (49 percent). The rest  split between saying the White House just made a “mistake” (22 percent) and that they did it to protect America (19 percent). Test Booster Takes Shocking Spanish GNC By Storm Video The End of Obama? Earlier this week, a Rasmussen Report came up with similar results. Respondents said they believe Benghazi will hurt Clinton should she choose to run for president in 2016 and an overwhelming majority said it is important to find out what happened.

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Just 28% now rate the administration’s explanation of the events Greg Abbott Responds to Vicious surrounding the murder of the ambassador and the others as good or Townhall | Tipsheet | Katie Pavlich excellent. That’s down nine points from a high of 37% in October. Forty- five percent (45%) give the administration poor marks for the Benghazi Voters: Obama and Clinton matter, the highest level of dissatisfaction to date. to Blame for Benghazi Seventy-eight percent (78%) think it is at least somewhat important to Katie Pavlich | Jan 24, 2014 find out exactly what happened in the events surrounding the murder of Recommend this article Recommend 427 the four Americans in Libya, with 47% who say it is Very Important.    Nineteen percent (19%) view getting to the bottom of the Benghazi TOWNHALL VIDEOS incident as unimportant, but that includes just four percent (4%) who say Sochi Olympics May it’s Not At All Important. Be The "Riskiest" and "Most Perilous" in Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republicans and 51% of voters not affiliated History with either major party think it is Very Important to find out what happened in Benghazi, but only 27% of Democrats agree. Former Top Hill Staffer Found Dead in Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Clinton infamously declaring during Apparent Suicide Congressional testimony, "What difference does it make!" when pressed on how and why four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed. U.S. Naval Academy Patricia Smith, mother of U.S. Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith who was killed Head Set To Testify In in the Benghazi terror attack, told Fox News' yesterday that she is still Sexual Assault Case seeking answers and that Clinton is the person who has them.

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