At this point, the rescue and saving of lives requires admitting things are not going well in some areas.
The speech is clearly a direct shot at Louisiana competence. Things are progressing well elsewhere, but particularly NOT in NOLA. Bush care's not how the media picks it up. He wants to save lives, and he has the resources to get 'er done.
I wonder if Blanco asked for this type of help, or if the talk this morning was the first she heard of the plan.
he needs to talk more about the security problem there, that seems to be the #1 reason why aid is not flowing as fast as it could. as of last night, the red cross could still not get into the city.