Posted on 09/18/2005 9:32:08 PM PDT by Reagan Man
September 18, 2005--Thirty-five percent (35%) of Americans now say that President Bush has done a good or excellent job responding to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. That's down from 39% before his speech from New Orleans.
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 41% give the President poor marks for handling the crisis, that's up 37% before the speech.
Fifty percent (50%) of Americans favor the main proposal from that speech--a federal commitment of $200 billion to help rebuild New Orleans. Twenty-seven percent (27%) are opposed and 23% are not sure.
The spending plan has not been well received by conservative voters--just 43% favor the huge federal commitment partisan while 37% are opposed. This is especially striking given how supportive the President's base has remained throughout his Administration.
The President's reconstruction plan is favored by 66% of liberal voters. Still, only 10% of liberals give the President a good or an excellent rating for handling the crisis.
Following the speech, the President's rating for handling the Katrina crisis fell eight points among Republicans (from 71% good or excellent to 63%). The President also draws good or excellent marks from 11% of Democrats and 31% of those not affiliated with either major political party.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of black voters support the federal reconstruction spending while just 17% are opposed. Among white voters, 49% favor the spending and 29% are opposed. This is the first Bush Administration proposal hat has attracted more support from black Americans than from white Americans.
Consumer confidence has recovered from its post-Katrina lows, but not from the surge in oil prices that preceded Katrina.
Gee, I wonder why????
how do we spell the sound that a balloon makes when the air blasts out?
Oops.
Maybe the falling ratings partly stem from CONSERVATIVE discontent with a plan to spend $200 billion (that's approximately $200,000 for every resident of metropolitan New Orleans) on "reconstruction" efforts which will be directed by the same corrupt Louisiana politicians that have run the state into the ground for the past 30 years.
Heck, if the government wants to write me a check for $200,000, I'll move anywhere in the country and you won't hear a complaint from me.
It is kinda funny that the person who cares the very least about this may just be George W. Bush.
Why don't they just go back to polling their boy Klinton.
George, quit trying to woo over the democrats it wont work! LOL
I see leftists are answering the phone and saying they are "republicans" again. I've never understood this, and perhaps someone can explain: How is it that they manage to contact the exact number of dems/Repubs out of 1000 adults? Do they take a sampling of say, 1500 and trim down the 500 that claimed to be Dem non-supportive (duh) or Repub-supportive (duh)?
No kidding...it's almost like we're getting punished because we didn't hop on the Blame Bush bandwagon. Hell, those who did are getting handouts left & right.
Already been zotted. ;)
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No kidding. If anything, GWB should heed this part of the article: The President's reconstruction plan is favored by 66% of liberal voters. Still, only 10% of liberals give the President a good or an excellent rating...
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Bush is doing just fine and people know it.
That's why its important to use the original title. Helps with the search engine.
"Bush is doing just fine and people know it."
Bingo. And it drives the Moonbats crazy.
No one has driven the Moonbats as crazy as Bush 43...not Reagan, not Nixon. They hate him so much they are beside themselves.....It is soooo fun to watch!!!!
I thought Bush would have bounced back after his well crafted speech. Apparently not. Maybe it'll take a few more days.
Howdy Prime! :D Yep! Quit tryin' to please them and 41 needs to stay away from bj boy. Check out Drudge's main headline about Clinton bashing 43. 41 needs to take the hint and quit hanging out with this loser.
A big part of the reason is incompetence.
What I'd like to know is, what were all those cars and pickups doing on the streets of NO? I thought nobody had vehicles to leave.
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