Louisianans Give Bush Higher Marks Than Obama for Crisis Response

The only thing that this proves is that Democrats are more willing to look at matters more objectively and acknowledge that Obama can and does foul up. Republicans, on the other hand, will condemn Obama no matter what he does or doesn't do, even if it means ignoring the fact that even Bush admits that he fouled up.

leejcarroll, Huricane Katrina was caused by mother nature not Bush

amazing SHORT memories of those people in New Orleans..BUSH ignored you all down there..FLEW OVER peeked out a window....saw NO policitcal gain t o be made so ignored you all!!! Took weeks to get rolling and had BROWN doing TV spots instead of directing FEMA....and FEMA was out t olunch..as was BROWN most of thetime..Bus hhired him, a former HORSE JUDGE.... Obama held BP'sfeet to the fire, demanded and GOT 20 billion stashed away...and the GOP, told America it was immora lfor the President t oDEMAND BP put up themoney t oFIX the problem....Time for people to see this president WANTS t od oright for everyone NOT just his rich buddies like BUSH

This is not a proper question since neither President was not in total control of either situations. With Katrina it was the local government that screwed everything up including. I have friends that are owner operators of tractor trailers. They were hired to truck emergency provisions to the area. They were sent to areas where they sat for up to a month. They were paid more for using their trucks for storage then if they went back on the road. They were given down time money, motel fees, and food allowance. With the oil spill it was the coast guard and the EPA that tied everything up. All that wanted to be done had to wait for someones seal of approval.

Might I remind all of my fellow americans that Dubya waited a week before sending in any form or organized aid, when there was an agency already designed and tasked for helping in the event of a natural disaster(FEMA)!!! The US as a government, does not drill oil. There are no United States of America drilling rigs anywhere in the world. The federal government might oversee and do inspections on the rigs but we do not have drilling rigs, or equipment to deal with a disaster of this type. Calling the federal governments handling of the Gulf Oil disaster good would be ill advised, but they did the best they could with what they had. The Louisiana National Guard, the Air National Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard all have helicopters, the National Guard and Army Reserve have trucks that can drive through 5 feet of water. These could have rolled 3 hours after Katrina hit, not 7 days.

I wonder if the poll reached people who were so disgusted with the Bush administration's response that they did not return to New Orleans. Many of the people most affected cannot respond because they are dead. This poll's results cannot be taken seriously.

We understand the short memories of Republicans out there. How does one forget eight years of no accomplishing of their agendas? Hmm, people are still on welfare, abortions are still taking place, the Bible is not back in the schools and there was no social security reform. Oh, there were tax cuts to the wealthiest 2% of Americans and to all companies, who, in turn, took the money and your jobs with 'em. Oh, and President Obama decided to leave those Republican incentives in place. Now, with two additional years of Bush and Republican economic policies, that makes ten years of Republican economic failed policies. Be mad at the president all you want, but make sure it's for the right reasons, not because of party affiliation bias or racial bias. Be mad at the president for having tried to appease the Republicans by keeping those tax cuts in place. He thought it might cause them to work together on Capitol Hill. They decided to be obstructionists instead.

Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., says Obama's team has brought a more practical and flexible approach. Many local officials offer similar reviews. Even Doug O'Dell, former President George W. Bush's recovery coordinator, says the Obama administration's "new vision" appears to be turning things around. Too bad people's misguided bias and the misinformation coming from those who really have shown their racist agenda is affecting common sense. I thought we were a bigger and better country than that.

Bush couldn't do it all. Neither could Obama. When will people understand this face and stop being sooooo prejudice. ALL races!!!! It's sooooo sad.

Just what could have Obama done? Put on a wetsuit, dove down a mile under water and plugged the leak? He could not have done anything to get the leak capped any faster than any other person. Including the crying governors and pathetic right wingers that complain all the time about everything. How soon you forget the poor people stranded on their roof tops when Bush flew over the City while people went without water and food for days waiting for a responce. It amazes me that any poll would compare the two events and just how much blind hatred the right wing disinformation has developed. Maybe everone has gold fevor.