[alloysteel]

So far as blundering by Presidential administrations go, this has gone WAY beyond Katrina, and is approaching the total incompetence associated with the US Iranian hostage situation.

First setting up the conditions for failure, then sending an inadequate extraction team, which was fumbled badly and called off, then the abject admissions of failure and ensuing apology tour.

But then, what we now have in the Oval Office is not an administration, in the accepted sense of the word, but a regime.

Don’t expect very much from them, because you surely aren’t going to get much.

[lonestar]

So far as blundering by Presidential administrations go, this has gone WAY beyond Katrina,

You overlook that Bush tried to send in the national guard but then Gov. Blanco and the chocolate NOLA mayor refused...until the damage was done. Then Bush was blamed and didn't set the facts straight.

In this case, Gov. Jindal has BEGGED for help from the feds from the get go and has gotten nothing but the runaround!