I heard from political friends in Florida that was precisely the tactic used by Democrat governor Lawton Chiles of Florida in September 1992 (two months before the elections): delay asking for federal assistance so that President Bush (#41), following the law, couldn't send it in, AND Chiles meanwhile arranged for the left-wing press to have non-stop criticism of Bush during the last two months of the election, which he then proceeded to lose, partially due to such maneuvers.
Exactly . . .
How sick is that kind of politics during somehting like this?