It was my understanding that Bush was very proactive before the storm hit, too, but if so, why did Bush allow Michael Brown to take the fall?
Because Michael Brown was not effective. He did not deliver.
Because he said something very stupid on television - indicating he didn't know what was going on at the convention center while the situation was being shown on national TV. And because everyone on site was reporting that FEMA was slow and incompetent.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that he's accused of padding a very scanty resume.
It's looking like if any federal government entity could have done better, it was FEMA only. But overwhelmingly, I think the evidence now shows that it was the LA State and NO city govts that made the largest number of mistakes before and after the storm, yet FEMA is still the sacrificial lamb in the msm, even though they made the smallest number of mistakes compared to LA governments. Amazing what gets ignored when it's democrats making the mistakes. If FEMA hadn't been rolled into DOHS like clinton and other democrats wanted, perhaps it would have reacted more quickly and more efficiently.