[McGavin999]

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,"

Wouldn't you just love to find out who that politician is? I can't wait for that one to come out, and it will. That has to be the single worst advice anyone could have given to the Governor.

[aft_lizard]

Lets see short term political future or the lives or your constituents, to democrats its power power and power.

[grey_whiskers]

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,"

Since the Democrats practice projection, what this means (literally) is that "since we can keep the power, and f*ck up the city and the recovery beyond the point of repair, we can then blame Bush."

Bush should declare a national emergency and have Blanco, and Nagin forcibly removed.

[Lijahsbubbe]

"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,"

Idiots. That doesn't even make sense. If the feds had full control, they would take all the blame.

Heck, they're taking all the blame now as it is.

[okie01]

Wouldn't you just love to find out who that politician is? I can't wait for that one to come out, and it will. That has to be the single worst advice anyone could have given to the Governor.

To speculate: Governor Blank-o just hired a Clintonista, James Witt, as a consultant -- tasked to work with FEMA.

[maryz]

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,"

Am I missing something here? Bush wanted them to request federalization Friday. The feds would then have been in charge. They refused. The locals were in charge during those first few horrible days and now they're blaming the feds (for not being in charge?). And they think if the feds had been in charge, the locals would have been blamed?

It sounds like Alice in Wonderland logic to me. If someone can explain this reasoning, I'm willing to listen.

[Real Cynic No More]

"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,"

Proof positive that they were more interested in politics than in saving people's lives.

This is demonstrative that the democrats do not care about anything other than keeping or regaining power.

This needs to be shouted from every rooftop. Congress' actions amount to the same thing in their obstructionism of Bush's proposals. Sooner or later, the sheeple must be convinced of the truth!