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Hurricane Governors ratings soar – except for Blanco
Via Survey USA:
Haley Barbour (R, Mississippi) +26
Bob Riley (R, Alabama) +21
Mike Easley (D, North Carolina) +19
Sonny Perdue (R, Georgia) +18
Rick Perry (R, Texas) +17
Kathleen Blanco (D, Louisiana) -22
I’m not sure if Gov. Blanco is eligible to run again, but if she is, she’s going to have a tough battle in winning back the hearts and minds of the people in her state.
Hat tip: James Joyner
PM Update: Jeff at Protein Wisdom weighs in:
Perhaps counterintuitively, I’m going to conclude that this is a net win for Blanco, who, from every objective indication, was the fulcrum for the civil and relief breakdowns in NOLA in the wake of Katrina. That her favorability rating has only taken a 9% hit is, to my mind, astounding—and a testament the power of the media, whose focus on the third-responder “failures” of FEMA and Michael Brown clearly has helped shape public opinion. Had early media attention concentrated on illuminating the chain of response and command noted in federal and state documents, then from there identified actual points of breakdown and their specific reasons (request of additional Guard troops to maintain order and increase the numbers of troops engaged in rescue efforts; blocking relief into the Superdome; refusing to surrender control to the feds—or even agree to a joint control structure), I’ve no doubt Blanco’s numbers would be far worse.
Good point.
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People realize that Kathleen is “stuck on stupid”.
Methinks you’re on to something there, Bak
I watched Rick Perry give his address to the state of Texas this morning in regards to evacuating the coast.
I do not know how he kept a straight face when one reporter asked him “Why Texas was so prepared and Louisiana wasn’t”.
His reply was:
“We are prepared, because we planned for an event such as this for years. We ran practice drills and looked at our plans to see if any changes would need to be made and have worked WITH the federal government.”
DUH!
Preparation says it all.
The governor has gone up more than just a few notches in my book!
Good answer! I’m sure there will be some media spin (pushed along helpfully by the DNC) that Texas was more prepared because that’s where W lives and he’s partial to Texas, etc etc … you know the usual drill.
Blanco can run again in 2007, she won her first term in 2003 narrowly beating now-Congressman Bobby Jindal.
Thanks for the info, Patrick – assuming she runs for re-election, that’s one election I’ll be watching closely.
Blank-0 would have a tough time running for a 2nd term IF she were in prison for negligent manslaughter; and that is where she belongs.
She is undoubtedly stupid enough to believe she could be re-elected to a 2nd term.
Happy to help out.
BTW, Barbour will be up for re-election in 2007 as well. It will interesting to compare and contrast the effect of Katrina has on their campaigns
Many times a lot of good can come out of disaster. Those idle buses, waiting for the water to come and ruin them, were used to haul NO voters [including many who now have drowned due to Blanco's inaction] to the polls so she could be elected. Maybe this disaster will cause some people to reconsider who to vote for.
Once I heard Theodore White talk about party politics and the bosses who controlled things. He said that the bosses had three requirements before they backed a candidate: Will he serve our interests? [This was the part that was unfair and corrupt but has not been eliminated by "election reforms."] Is he [and it always was a "he"] electable? Can he govern? Blanco failed on this last one in a time of crisis and cost lives. She didn’t do much better even after she had hired Bill Clinton’s ex-FEMA chief James Lee Witt. I wonder if what he was/is paid will ever be made public.
Many years ago a man who was active in the Democratic Party and I had a discussion. His father had worked hard to get rid of the influence of the bosses. Now,looking at the political goings on around him, he didn’t think the elimination of bosses had accomplished much. At this time I’m rather cynical about election “reform.”
Patrick, I’ll definitely be watching and comparing the two. I’m like any other political junkie during election season … the more election coverage I watch, the better
Evon, it’s hard to know who’s interests our politicians are serving when some of them promise so much prior to an election, but don’t follow through once they get elected. I also share your concerns about election reform.