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President Bush declared a state of emergency in Louisiana, authorizing federal emergency management officials to release federal aid and coordinate disaster relief efforts.

Yes, Bush did try to get them to evacuate NO. That declaration gave them the funds to do it. There wasn't much else he could do.
Our Constitution says that the states have control - I don't think any of us would really like to see the Feds being able to just take over anytime that they didn't like what the states do.

But I do hope that most of us think about this when we decide who to elect as Mayor or Governor. I really do think this shows what can happen if you have a weak Mayor and a weak Governor.
I really think this would have been very different if Rudy Giuliani had been NO Mayor.

I really think this would have been very different if Rudy Giuliani had been NO Mayor.

Or if either of the Brothers Bush were the Governor of LA.

But I do hope that most of us think about this when we decide who to elect as Mayor or Governor. I really do think this shows what can happen if you have a weak Mayor and a weak Governor. I really think this would have been very different if Rudy Giuliani had been NO Mayor.,

I was thinking the same thing. What a contrast strong calm Rudy on 9/11 was to these trembling, crying incompetents. I would hate to think what would happen here in Milwaukee with our absentee mayor and a governor whose main talent seems to be grinning like an idiot (Dummies of course).