Fact of the matters is the President has not called for martial law since WWII and only about half a dozen times before that including the Civil War.
State Governors have the responsibility along with local authorities to maintain order, and only if they can't should the President even think about it. So far I don't see this as worse than Miami in the late 80's or Watts or Detroit. Local cops, Sate Troopers and the guard will regain control and the feds need to stay out.
I'll vote my concience I hope you do the same.
The fact is armed military force has been used by the President to quell the LA and Detroit riots, and immendiately after hurricane Andrew the ARMED NG was directed to deploy to maintain law and order before they were deployed to assist in S&R. The point is guns were needed in NO and were not being deployed and that was a predictable event and Bush and the Governor of LA should have been all over it way ahead of today. As we debate your Posse Comitatus Act and the nuance of the term Martial Law shots are still being fired in NO and the NOPD nor the unarmed NG has control of the city and the NG MPs are only "on the way" Check's in tha mail? It will get better when they get there but if you don't think they are needed; if you think this desn't rise to your standard of Detroit, LA or Miami, you are just flat wrong. It is perfectly clear the Governor of LA is just not up to the task and she had already failed two days ago...meeting your criteria. Turn on your TV. Wake up.