No Katrina Effect?

Very interesting tidbit from the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll:

Despite FEMA's woes, Katrina hasn't shifted confidence in federal government generally. Some 31% say Washington can be trusted to do the right thing at least most of the time, matching a June Gallup survey. After 9/11, confidence in Washington surged.

The poll also showed DHS chief Michael Chertoff's 17 percent negative rating exceeds his 13 percent approval, but the bigger ego blow for him is that half of respondents didn't even know who he was.