CNN just reported that the White House has admitted that Pres. Bush will avoid referring to the post-Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast.

From a political perspective, it is easy to see why. Pres. Bush’s direction of the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina was abysmal. It also marked the turning point in his term in office when millions of Americans could no longer ignore his incompetence.

The president’s polling fell in the aftermath of the hurricane and has never recovered. In fact, his botched handling of the response could be seen in the Washington Post/ABC poll released yesterday, in which 54 percent of Americans said they felt they could not trust the president to handle a crisis.