we were talking about that upthread - Blanco did this on orders from the Clintons, Witt is the Clinton point man on politicizing this against Bush.
I will again suggest my tin-foil theory - Blanco was told by the DNC to dropback on maintaining civil order in the first 24-48 hours, to make FEMAs job harder, so they could blame Bush for this.
Ah-ha! I finally got smart after a couple of hits to the head and back tracked through my replies to find Newt's name and..
Here is the article. It doesn't feature Newt primarily, but it includes a quote from him.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475770/posts