[conservative in nyc]

I hate to inject politics into this, but why is Mary Landrieu mugging for the TV cameras, anyway? She's not the governor or mayor. She doesn't control the Louisiana National Guard or the New Orleans. She doesn't control FEMA or any federal executive branch department. She'd better serve her constituents by quietly liaising with federal and state officials.

You don't see Senators Vitter, Lott or Cochran on TV as much. A Google News search of articles since the 29th comes up with:

75 Results for "David Vitter"
152 Results for "Thad Cochran"
564 Results for "Trent Lott" (And a lot of those about his Pascagoula house being destroyed); and
1,560 Results for "Mary Landrieu"

[steveegg]

I hate to inject politics into this, but why is Mary Landrieu mugging for the TV cameras, anyway? She's not the governor or mayor. She doesn't control the Louisiana National Guard or the New Orleans. She doesn't control FEMA or any federal executive branch department. She'd better serve her constituents by quietly liaising with federal and state officials.

Not to mention that the Senate is back in session tonight, and she's not there.

[kenth]

Because she's a media whore and democrat scumbag?

What do I win?

She started the Bush blame game Saturday when she could have been urging her constituents to leave. She also could have been using her influence with the mayor and governor. She chose not to.

[popdonnelly]

My theory is that Blanco is so bad, the Landrieus have decided that Mary Landrieu should do all the interviews.

[popdonnelly]

Here's a question I'll bet no one can answer off the top of their head. Who's the commander of the Louisiana National Guard? I haven't seen him/her yet.