Blagojevich tops naughty list in poll
Gov. Blagojevich could be at the top of Santa's naughty list.
Fifty-six percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Wednesday said Blagojevich, who was arrested Dec. 9 on corruption charges, was the naughtiest politician in 2008.
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Blagojevich is accused of attempting to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat.
He says he did nothing wrong and plans to fight the allegations.
Next on the naughty list were former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer at 23 percent and former presidential candidate John Edwards at 19 percent.
Spitzer resigned in March after it was revealed he was Client No. 9 in a high-end prostitution ring.
Edwards admitted in August that he had an extramarital affair with former campaign staffer Rielle Hunter.
The former senator from North Carolina denied that he was the father of Hunter's baby.
CNN polling director Keating Holland said Blagojevich might have ended up on top in the survey because his arrest occurred more recently than the transgressions of the others, but there may be another reason, too.
"Americans typically take a much dimmer view of corruption than of sex scandals, since the former is a violation of the public trust and the latter is usually considered more of a private matter," he said.