--- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Stanley wrote: > > Why the need for magical thinking? > > > Most Americans, according to recent polls, don't think the President > is to blame for a national disater. > > CNN Poll: > > Based on this CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll, most Americans would join > with Glenn's preference for tangible lessons over assignment of > guilt. Respondents were asked to evaluate the performance of various > levels of government in responding to the hurricane. Roughly half of > those responding to the survey rated both the federal agencies' > performance and the state and local agencies' performance as "good" > or "great," compared to "bad" or "terrible," with the state and > local levels scoring a little higher. > > When asked "who is to blame for the problems in the city following > the hurricane," 13% said President Bush; 18% said federal agencies; > 25% blamed state or local officials; and 38% said "no one." Rather > surprisingly in view of the constant bad publicity, 63% said that no > one should be fired as a result of the response to the hurricane. > Moreover, 62% say that the progress now being made is satisfactory. > > 'Poll: Most Americans believe New Orleans will never ecover' > http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/07/katrina.poll/
>From the same CNN.com article, same poll: "Forty-two percent of respondents characterized President Bush's response to the disaster as "bad" or "terrible," while 35 percent said it was "good" or "great." "Federal government agencies' response was described as "bad" or "terrible" by 42 percent, and "good" or "great" by 35 percent." A new CBS poll has come out in which 38% of respondents approve of Bush's handling of the response to Katrina, while 58% disapprove; 20% think the federal government's response was adequate, and a whopping 77% think it was not. 16% think the federal government responded as quickly as it could, 80% do not. http://tinyurl.com/cswty ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
