PolitiCrazy

Today, as Hurricane Ike rampages through Texas, Still-President Bush has taken quick action.

President Bush declared a major disaster in his home state of Texas and ordered immediate federal aid. Officials were encouraged that the storm surge topped out at only 13.5 feet _ far lower than the catastrophic 20-to-25-foot wall of water forecasters had feared, but major roads were washed out near Galveston, and the damage was still immense.

Now obviously his quick action can be questioned, seeing as this is his home state and considering the Katrina problems, but the simple fact is that this is a positive step forward. Hopefully it will show our next president that if even the worst president in history can react properly, then anyone can.

Meanwhile, Ike has ripped through Texas. The damage is not fully known yet, but so far four casualties have been reported. Hopefully these will be the only casualties, even though that is already four too many.

In the latest polls, it appears things are getting close yet again.

Barack Obama holds a 2-point lead over John McCain in the latest Gallup poll released today. This is down significantly from his 8-point lead following the Democratic convention, but not his lowest lead, having actually been tied with McCain twice in August.

In the Rasmussen Daily Poll, Obama holds a 46/45 lead on McCain. When including “leaners”, Obama’s lead goes up to three points.

These results mark a trend thus far; Obama broke out a nice lead during his convention bump, and then McCain evened it out, putting us back where we were right before the conventions.