Ok, now you KNOW Shrub is in trouble! For reasons passing human understanding (ok, I signed up because it was useful in my former job, and I never remember to un-renew) I have a Wall Street Journal online subscription.
Their poll: "How would you grade the federal government's handling of the hurricane so far?
as of 3 a.m. PST: , with 3700 votes in:
A - 7%
B- 9%
C- 9%
D- 20%
F- 55% -
Note that the Journal online is only available by paid subscription, so their poll is un-freep-able. (why I'm not linking to it)
more after the jump
And here is the lead para of the lead story.
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Amid signs of a deepening human catastrophe in New Orleans and the continued inability of authorities to bring relief to devastated parts of three states, the governor of Louisiana called for a military force of 40,000 troops to help the effort. Federal officials vowed to do whatever it took to relieve the crisis, but help was coming slowly and sometimes not at all.
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Evidently, American Citizens dying of thirst on CNN, with their government nowhere in sight, is too much even for the journal.