A Gallup/USA Today poll conducted over the weekend shows the public doesn't have much confidence in anyone in Washington to handle the financial crisis.
A majority of the public disapproves of how the Democratic leaders (50%), the Republican leaders (58%), Terasury Secretary Henry Paulson (51%), President Bush (68%) and Republican presidential nominee John McCain (53%) are responding to the problems of Wall Street. Only Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama escaped a bit of the public wrath, with a 43% disapproval rate and a 46% approval rate.
The pollsters note that among crucial independent voters, "Obama and McCain receive nearly identical ratings ... and they're not positive. Only about a third of independents approve of the way each candidate has responded."
The telephone survey was conducted before Sunday's announcement that an agreement had been reached, and has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
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