[Galveston Grl]

If Jindal or Vitter are in trouble it is because they caved and went along with the liberals as they blamed Bush instead of fighting back against the incompetence of MeeMaw and Nagin.

You can lead a horse to water... and Louisianna Republicans to power, but you can not give them a brain. They should have directed Republican blame to the Democrats in power where it belonged. What did Jindal and Vitter think they would gain by reverting into whining liberals blaming Republicans (themselves) when the going got rough? Jindal should have been yapping on what a real governor would have done faced with the oncoming hurricane. There is nothing National Republicans can do about this degree of political stupidity.

[HostileTerritory]

What did Jindal and Vitter think they would gain by reverting into whining liberals blaming Republicans (themselves) when the going got rough?

After a couple of days, the problem was no longer "who can we blame", but "who can we blame that can get the resources to help us." Nagin and Blanco could have evacuated people before the storm but after the city flooded Nagin in particular was reduced to a figurehead with no money, people, or much dry land to use. Blanco couldn't do much more because the rest of the state was stretched to the limit with damage in and outside New Orleans, leaving the Federal Government as the only undamaged "white knight" with the manpower and resources to come in and clean up the mess.

[boo4]

I agree. The whining by these two, especially Vitter was troubling. Jindal backed off but good ole David has kept it up. Heck he fell right in line with Landrieu. Only upon being confronted publicly did he crawfish away from the $250 billion dollar giveaway.