[MNJohnnie]

Really bad new for the Bush haters. As more and more information comes out, such as the conviction of 3 State of Louisiana Dept of Homeland Security officials for trying to obstruct a audit of Flood Control projects last year, this can ONLY go one way. They sucker punched us by going political so quick but as always the truth will turn right around and bite the Hate Leftists on the butt.

[7thson]

Also, with the news of Nagin sending his police off to Las Vegas, it really shows who cares about NO.

[SteveMcKing]

Watch CNN trash their own poll as "unscientific"... (then why are you promoting it?)

[gswilder]

Ultimately, this Bush blaming is going no where. If the dems thinks this will harm him, or they can impeach him over this, they are in dream land.

Americans see and understand the magnitude of this disaster. They are smart and understand to some extent what it takes to respond to something like this. And they see the unfortunate way some in NO have responded to this. (refusing to leaving, looting, shooting, etc)Americans know the local/state government play the key role before and right after the hurricane. They see the thousands of troops on ground and hundreds of helicopters in the air. They saw how quickly the feds took care of things once they arrived. Only the ultra leftist of kooks truly believe Bush would not respond to certain areas because of their class or race status. People who don't agree with Bush's policys know he is a decent, honest, caring, god fearing man.

As this goes on for weeks and months, the memories of the couple of days we were all frustrated with the response will fade away. People will see how quickly things come back to some level of normalcy. Already, we are seeing progress on fixing the levees and lowering the water levels. Trade is returning to the Mississippi river. Refineries and pipelines getting back online weeks quicker than predicted. Parts of the city NO will start opening back up within the next 7-14 days in my opinion. The good stories. The heroic stories will start to get out.

All of us wanted the response to be quicker. Of course all us wanted this disaster to never have happened. But natural disasters happen. People are hurt and killed. It's sad an unfortunate. But most Americans do understand the big picture. That's why no one is buying it's Bush's fault.

[libsl]

I don't understand what Gallup expected from this question. Are they talking about blaming Bush for the storm itself (through the much talked about global warming) or are they talking about blaming Bush for not wresting control out of the hands of a paralyzed and incompetent governor, or what? The question is unqualified and so I don't see how the results reflect anything. Bush haters will blame him for everything no matter what. On the other hand even Bush lovers might say he should have taken charge from the very beginning (in spite of laws and procedures) simply because the state and local government were not competent to deal with the situation.

[GOPJ]

Really bad new for the Bush haters. As more and more information comes out, such as the conviction of 3 State of Louisiana Dept of Homeland Security officials for trying to obstruct a audit of Flood Control projects last year, this can ONLY go one way.

Do you think the New York Times will cover this?