I heard this too. Reed was definitely not reading from Maddow's script.
My notes:
Reed referred to Nagin's "send greyhound buses" speech as "ridiculous political posturing... hardly what I'd call leadership'
She says that Nagin has lost control of the city, and Blanco has lost control of the state
On Monday the looters could have been contained
Nagin shouldn't have excused looters' behavior
NO is rife with fraud
My impression is that neither of them had any control to lose.