Fox News has done their best to create a mountain out of a molehill regarding discussions between the Obama administration and prospective Senate candidates in Pennsylvania and Colorado. While legal and political experts and historians have overwhelmingly stated that the White House's conversations with Joe Sestak and Andrew Romanoff are not at all unusual, Fox News reporters, anchors and pundits have insisted that something improper occurred, with some like Sean Hannity and Dick Morris discussing possible criminal charges and even the commission of an “impeachable offense.”

Now along comes a poll from Rasmussen that shows that only 19 percent of respondents believe that the discussions (which Rasmussen characterizes as “job offers” despite the contrary evidence) were anything unusual in politics. Furthermore, the poll's respondents found the issue far less important than any of the ten issues Rasmussen typically asks if respondents find important.

Scott Rasmussen himself says of the results, “While politicians profess to be shocked at the job offers, voters see business as usual.”

Fox News has a habit of picking up and repeating Rasmussen polls ad nauesaum, even though they often reinforce conservative framing of the issue at hand. Considering that this poll seems to give a contrary response to what Fox News has been promoting, it will be interesting to see if this result gets the traditional hype.