A wide majority of Americans believe President Barack Obama does not have a blueprint to combat the BP oil spill off the Gulf Coast, according to a new CBS/New York Times poll out Tuesday.
Fifty-nine percent of 1,259 adults polled nationwide said the president does not have “clear plan” for combating the spill. Thirty-two percent said Obama does have a plan to fight the spill and 9 percent didn’t know.
Sixty-one percent say the president’s response to the spill was “too slow” compared to 32 percent who found his timing “just right” and 2 percent who think he was “too quick.”
Just as Obama gets low marks for his administration’s response to the spill, the poll shows that there is little confidence the spill will be plugged quickly or that Gulf Coast residents will get the help they need.
Nearly half of respondents, 48 percent, said it will take “several months” to plug the spill while only 18 percent believe the leak will stop in the next “few weeks or months.” Sixteen percent said the spill will take a “year or longer” to end and 7 percent think BP will “never” stop the spill. - Politico Story
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