Another day, another reference to Hurricane Katrina. Here's Howard Kurtz, defender of all things Big Media:
In merchandising terms, [White House Press Secretary] Perino hasn't had an easy product to sell since taking over the podium in the summer of 2007. Bush's popularity sank below 30 percent and stayed there as the public blamed him for the intractable war in Iraq and the botched response to Hurricane Katrina, among other failings. During the Wall Street meltdown, he was denounced for the lax regulation that helped fuel the market crisis.
The only people that even remember Hurricane Katrina today are liberal writers. It's just another arrow in an a very slim arsenal: Iraq, Katrina, and the economy. If the Wall Street collapse (aided and abetted by a Democratic Congress) hadn't come around this year, they'd be stuck sucking on an Iraq War going splendidly well and a three-year-old rainstorm.
Don't get me wrong. Bush and Republicans deserve blame for several screw ups. But as I wrote before, the "Katrina Effect" is a lie.
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