Low Numbers For Obama On Oil Spill, But Overall Approval Rating Is Steady: New Poll

Started by NewsCaster, Jun 16, 2010, 08:03 AM

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans have become just as dissatisfied with President Barack Obama's work on the Gulf oil spill as they were with his predecessor's handling of Hurricane Katrina, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Tuesday.Even so, the catastrophe appears not to have taken a toll on how Americans view the president overall. Obama's approval rating remained steady in the poll and he is more popular than President George W. Bush was two months after the hurricane.More...

Low Numbers For Obama On Oil Spill, But Overall Approval Rating Is Steady: New Poll