Team Bush and damage control

What am I describing?

President George W. Bush is widely viewed as out of touch and, worse, wrong concerning a major news event.

The response is:

1. A series of speeches detailing plans for recovery.
2. One on one interaction with regular Americans. Water bottles or casualty figures, depending on the need.
3. Accept responsibility for a component of the problem. Federal response or faulty intel. By doing so, you undercut the opposition and reduce their advantage.

Katrina or Iraq? Different problems, same playbook

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- On the eve of Iraq's historic election for a four-year parliament, President Bush on Wednesday praised U.S. efforts in Iraq to fight terrorism and to create a new Mideast democracy....

Bush also accepted responsibility for invading Iraq based on faulty intelligence.

However, it is still only a political playbook.

1330 UPDATE: Speech is here. May feature this president's best one-liner (though I did not see the delivery):

Thank you very much. Please be seated. Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm delighted to be here with the men and women of the Wilson Center. According to your mission statement, the Center was created to bring together two groups -- political leaders and scholars. I see some of the political leaders who are here, and I presume you've invited me to uphold the scholars' end.