Posted on 08/28/2010 7:46:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The oil spill in the Gulf may be mostly out of the headlines now but Louisiana voters aren't getting any less mad at Barack Obama about his handling of it. Only 32% give Obama good marks for his actions in the aftermath of the spill, while 61% disapprove.
Louisianans are feeling more and more that George W. Bush's leadership on Katrina was better than Obama's on the spill. 54% think Bush did the superior job of helping the state through a crisis to 33% who pick Obama. That 21 point margin represents a widening since PPP asked the same question in June and found Bush ahead by a 15 point margin. Bush beats Obama 87-2 on that score with Republicans and 42-30 with independents, while Obama has just a 65-24 advantage with Democrats.
Louisianans are generally softening with time in their feelings about how Bush handled Katrina. Almost as many, 44%, now approve of his actions on it as the 47% who disapprove. Of course it should be noted that many of the people most negatively impacted by the federal government's handling of Katrina aren't in Louisiana to answer polls about it now.
If there is a political 'winner' in the aftermath of the oil spill it's Bobby Jindal. 70% of Louisiana voters are happy with how he handled the spill to only 20% giving him bad marks and his overall approval rating of 58% puts him at the top of the heap for Governors and Senators PPP's polled on this year.
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YES! (since Jan.20, 2009;)
Bump!
I was watching "Witness: Katrina" last week, and several of the people who were interviewed at the time, and who had just been rescued from the flood by regular folks in boats, were angry at the failure of the Mayor and the Governor. NONE of them ever mentioned the Federal Govt. THAT was brought on by libs in the media trying to deflect criticism from their Democrat buds in office in Louisiana.
Another thing I noticed in that program was the police officers in boats who rescued people trapped in their homes, and those who were on dry ground waiting for the people who had been rescued. They were very helpful and kind to those people.
This was in direct contrast to the Frontline program that did nothing but focus on the deaths of several black men in the chaos after the storm, and convict the New Orleans Police Dept. They didn't give ANY credit to the vast majority of the police who were working in horrible conditions simply trying to assist those whose lives were ruined, not by natural forces, but by mistakes made by men, in designing, and maintaining the levees in New Orleans. Many of those police officers had lost everything, too, but they took their jobs seriously, and helped those who could not help themselves. It was a study in contrast, to be sure.
Let’s remember these numbers and shout them at every opportunity.
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