Looks like the media and the right wing has succeeded in spreading the meme that the Oil spill disaster is "Obama Katrina".
This has to be the most depressing poll i have ever seen about the Obama Admin.
Spill Response Rated Worse than Katrina;
Most Favor Pursuit of Criminal Charges Americans by more than 2-1 support pursuit of criminal charges in the nation’s worst oil spill,with increasing numbers calling it a major environmental disaster, eight in 10 criticizing the way BP’s handled it – and the federal government’s own response rated worse than it was in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
A month and a half after the spill began, 69 percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll rate the federal response negatively. That compares with a 62 negative rating for the response to Katrina two weeks after the August 2005 hurricane.
BP’s response to the spill draws even broader criticism – 81 percent rate it negatively. And 64 percent say the government should pursue criminal charges against BP and other companies involved in the spill, which has poured oil into the Gulf from a well 5,000 feet beneath the surface since an explosion and fire destroyed the Deep water Horizon drilling rig April 20.
Most Democrats are not impressed either
There’s partisanship in views of the federal response, with Democrats less critical of the Democratic-led government. Nonetheless, even among Democrats 56 percent rate the federal response negatively. That rises to 74 percent of independents and 81 percent of Republicans.
Partisanship ran in precisely the opposite direction in views of the Katrina response under the Bush administration. Just 41 percent of Republicans rated that response negatively, rising to 64 percent of independents and 79 percent of Democrats.
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The only encouraging thing about this poll is that most Americans want BP to face criminal charges.
Someone suggested the President addresses the American people from the gulf cost laying out step by step what he has done and what he plans to do going forward. The Obama Team were very effective in communicating with the public but so far, the WH has fallen short.
This happened during the HCR debate, they allowed the Right wing frame the debate and was on the defensive most of the time.
The pictures from the Gulf coast are depressing and coupled with the negative media coverage, the President is paying the price.