Mr Bush is unlikely to restore it, unless Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the incoming president, embarks on reform.
The polling comes two years after former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was forced from power.
But Rangel, Robinson, Waters and Kurzban were not the first to question Aristide's departure.
Randall Robinson, an African-American activist, told CNN he received a similar phone call from Aristide.
Unfortunately, the bizarre overinvestment by the Clinton Administration in Jean-Bertrand Aristide is not an isolated incident.
President Bill Clinton, who had restored the Aristide presidency after a coup d'etat, tolerated the abuses.
After Mr Aristide's return to Haiti in 1994 Mr Martelly largely concentrated on his musical career.
Mientras tanto, Venezuela le ha ofrecido refugio a Aristide, quien se encuentra en Jamaica.
But Mr Aristide became increasingly despotic, relying on thuggish gangs to enforce his rule.
At the very least, Aristide's established record of anti-democratic behavior should give the Administration pause.
Mr Aristide, a messianic former Catholic priest, was hugely popular when first elected in 1990.
About 40, 000 people fled Haiti after a 1991 coup that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Mr Aristide did not offer a solution, but he was far from the country's only problem.
The French government also called upon Mr Aristide to step down for that reason.
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The lessons of Mr Aristide's fall, and the debate about it in America, are depressing.
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President Aristide was forced out of power early in 2004, after several months of increasing political turmoil.
The grass-roots movement known as Lavalas (avalanche) that swept Mr Aristide to victory in 1990 is split.
Andreas Ivanschitz put Mainz ahead in the 25th minute before Aristide Bance doubled the lead in the 37th.
Meanwhile, as results for the nearly 7, 500 local posts trickle in, most are going to Mr Aristide's party.
But perhaps America's bigger mistake was to allow Mr Aristide's untrammelled rule to last as long as it did.
With the removal of Aristide, the prospect of peace is on the horizon.
President Clinton insisted on invading Haiti and reinstalling Jean-Bertrande Aristide in the face of strenuous, bipartisan objections from Congress.
Lavalas moderates, such as Leslie Voltaire, a former minister, insist that the party has a future without Mr Aristide.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a former president, was declared the winner of Haiti 's presidential election with 92% of the votes.
In December, Mr Aristide will again run for, and probably win, the presidency.
He called Aristide "a man who was democratically elected, but he did not democratically govern or govern well, " he said.
George Soros was a big giver to the grass-roots organization she ran previously, and she was once an Aristide ally.
American marines began patrolling the capital's streets on Wednesday, as sporadic fighting continued between opponents and supporters of Mr Aristide.
Haiti's government is backed by a U.N. peacekeeping mission established after the ouster of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004.
But Mr Aristide, who claims he was kidnapped by the Americans (who deny this), is still influential in the slums.
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