The Place of Dead Roads

From Rasmussen Reports:

Thirty-five percent (35%) of Americans now say that President Bush has done a good or excellent job responding to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. That's down from 39% before his speech from New Orleans.

Which is to say, Bush gets a 4% drop by giving his "how do I button my shirt" speech.

Bush Response to Katrina	Sep 12-13	Sep 16-17	Change
Excellent	20%	17%	-3%
Good	19%	18%	-1%
Fair	23%	23%	0%
Poor	37%	41%	+4%

The best part is all the damage is to his base support:

Following the speech, the President's rating for handling the Katrina crisis fell eight points among Republicans (from 71% good or excellent to 63%). The President also draws good or excellent marks from 11% of Democrats and 31% of those not affiliated with either major political party.