@singlemaltgirl @Cosmichomicide

Yes, it was the perjury. But, insofar as it was around a VERY UNofficial act, most people took the impeachment as an overreach. Hence, his approval wound up going up. Not because they approved of what he'd done, but they disapproved of Republican opportunism around it.

@singlemaltgirl

Sorta. The articles of impeachment WERE about the lying, but were presented as Federal Civil Rights violations for the purposes of impeachment grounds.

Now, given that the subject at hand was Bill Clinton, that approach stank like fish on a radiator. People just didn't buy it as a breach of oath, much less a high crime.