Poll Gives Obama Good Marks on Handling Gulf Disaster. AP, May 13, 2010. "The Gulf of Mexico oil spill hasn't stained President Barack Obama nor dimmed the public's desire for offshore energy drilling, according to a new Associated Press-GfK Poll. While some conservative pundits, such as Rush Limbaugh, have called this 'Obama's Katrina,' that's not how the public feels, the poll found. BP... is getting more of the public's ire. More people surveyed said they approved of Obama's handling of the ongoing oil spill than disapproved, but not by large margins or with unusually strong feelings. It contrasts with the public's reaction to President George W. Bush's response to another Gulf disaster, 2005's Hurricane Katrina. The poll found that 42% approve of Obama's actions, 33 % disapprove and 21% say they have neutral feelings about his response. The reaction is strongly along partisan lines. Democrats lean toward favoring Obama's actions, 58% to 19%, with 17% expressing neither approval nor disapproval. By 47% to 27%, Republicans disapprove of Obama's reaction, with 23% saying neither. Independents are about evenly split between approval and disapproval."
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