[PhiKapMom]

The President will not be in this area while the fires are still raging. The law enforcement/fire fighters do not need a Presidential visit right now -- they have more than enough on their hands.

Do any of you realize the planning and amount of preparation that is required right now for a Presidential visit since 9/11? Those people are needed to help handle the fires until everything is under control.

If that causes the President to lose CA so be it, but he would lose more votes if he came in within the next 24 hours with the fires still raging. I know I would be really mad if the President visited and pulled off crews helping where I lived.

This President believes that you allow the people on the ground to handle emergencies since he is not equipped to man a fire line and the last thing these firefighters need right now is to see the President while fighting fires with the number of people that travel with the President for his protection.

[SCalGal]

This President believes that you allow the people on the ground to handle emergencies since he is not equipped to man a fire line and the last thing these firefighters need right now is to see the President while fighting fires with the number of people that travel with the President for his protection.

Well, that certainly explains why he stayed away from ground zero after 9/11 until they had the mess cleaned up.