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Gov. Blanco's Approval Rating in Free Fall
The bottom has fallen out of Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco's poll numbers, with her approval rating tumbling sharply in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina crisis. While President Bush's approval rating has fallen by two or three points in most polls, Survey USA found that Gov. Blanco's favorability rating has dropped by a whopping nine points among Louisianans, from 50 to 41 percent since the last survey in August. Gov. Blanco's negative numbers have shot up by an even higher margin - 13 points. In August, 43 percent disapproved of the way she was doing her job. Now, 56 percent give her a thumbs down. Meanwhile, the same survey found that in Mississippi, which was also devastated by Katrina, Gov. Haley Barbour's approval rating is way up - to 58 percent. Story Continues Below It was 43 percent just four weeks ago - a 15 point improvement for Barbour. Gov. Blanco's sagging poll numbers may be behind her latest effort to deflect blame for mishandling the Katrina crisis. On Thursday she endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton's call for an independent commission to investigate the disaster. In a letter to President Bush Blanco urged: "I am hopeful that you will join with me and others who have called for an independent commission to investigate this tragedy. . . . "Only an independent, nonpartisan commission investigation that commands full support from the executive and legislative branches will accomplish what we need - a thorough, comprehensive review which is only concerned with getting to the truth."
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