A Wall Street Journal/NBC poll finds that about half of Americans approve of the way President Obama handled the Gulf oil spill, now that the flow of oil has
“„It appears that, from a political standpoint, the Gulf oil spill is a fading memory. Half of Americans approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance on the spill, while 38% disapprove. That’s a reversal from two months ago, when the gusher was still spewing crude into the Gulf. Moreover, 57% of Americans support an expansion of offshore drilling, compared with 53% who supported it in the midst of the spill in June.