[Brilliant]

If Blanco turned down Bush's request to federalize the troops, then she should be impeached. And judging from the excuse they gave the reporter, it seems that she did.

[Mike Darancette]

turned down Bush's request to federalize the troops

Bush could Federalize the NG like Eisenhower did.

[kcvl]

If Blanco turned down Bush's request to federalize the troops, then she should be impeached.

Behind the scenes, a power struggle emerged, as federal officials tried to wrest authority from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D). Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans, a source within the state's emergency operations center said Saturday.

The administration sought unified control over all local police and state National Guard units reporting to the governor. Louisiana officials rejected the request after talks throughout the night, concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. Some officials in the state suspected a political motive behind the request. "Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly.

[TomasUSMC]

If Blanco turned down Bush's request to federalize the troops, then she should be impeached. And judging from the excuse they gave the reporter, it seems that she did.
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Exactly! But we also need to learn from these problems. In an emergency there should be a clean straight Chain of Command. Mayor up to Governor up to President. Obey orders.

There should be no doubt. ON the other hand, the President didn't have to ask, and shouldn't have. JFK didn't ASK in 1963 - he took and Federalized the Alabama troops.