Of course we have to decide what's important. A Category 4 storm is like once in a century. Even if the levee projects had been fully funded, they couldn't have prevented what happened. Despite the best efforts of man, Nature sometimes overwhelms us. Most Americans understand this and accept we can't always keep tragedy at bay. Nothing stops the Democrats from trying to milk this one for political gain and that's really low even for them.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)