The mayor did not act until nearly noon on Sunday, less than 12 hours before the outer fringes of the storm hit the city.
That was just way too late. I have no idea whether his prediction skills on the number of deaths is correct, but that's not he was hired.
It's a fact that the new pumps are in a warehouse, perhaps ruined, because of city mismanagement which long preceded him. But he didn't do anything to change that.
New Orleans is a cesspool of corrupt politics and you can't even get elected unless you're part of that corrupt cabal.
So no, I'm not willing to give him a pass. He didn't even try.
Some great points.... while I am all in favor of restoring New Orleans, I only support it if they agree to make a lot of changes - straighten out their local politics, build better levees or build up the city like Galveston did, and have a PLAN... because there will be a next time.
I saw a lady on Fox today - blaming everything on the mayor and the gov.
But neither will act.
My point about Blanco is, however, that she will be blamed for acting like a weak woman because she is female, even though Nagin has done exactly the same thing. Nagin hasn't cried on camera. Blanco did, so IMO future female gubernatorial candidates just took a hit.
Tough. These two have the duties, and won't do them.