The states are sovereign. Bush has no authority to "federalize" any state. Personally, I for one don't want the federal government federalizing any state for any reason whatsoever.
Yeah LA is really a poster boy for that concept. Look, I don't argue the philosophy BUT it is obvious that LA cannot govern itself right now. All they are doing is screwing the pooch and blaming the feds for the pooch being ugly.
I do agree with you on that matter
But I also want a Governor and State Officials to recognize that they are in over their head and temporally hand over the reigns in a situation like this
Blanco needed the Feds to take care of this mess and she choose power instead of the lives of the people that elected her