Maybe - but on this she's got almost as big a political tin ear as Hillary Clinton does. Firing Brown right now would throw all of the feds' relief efforts into complete chaos - their plate is already filled to overflowing as it is, but they are starting to get on top of things. Canning the FEMA head would not only set those efforts way back, it would cause the media feeding frenzy to completely explode out of control.
After things have stabilized and people on the Gulf Coast are getting steady flows of aid and assistance and the real rebuilding has started, there will be plenty of time for President Bush to conduct a review of FEMA's and other agencies' performances and maybe "suggest" that a few resignations are in order.
Why weren't people complaining about Micheal Brown after Hurricane Charley, Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan, Hurricane Jeanne, and Hurricane Dennis?
FEMA looked brilliant then.
Why is that?
BECAUSE JEB BUSH AND LOCAL MAYORS GOT PEOPLE OUT AND SET UP LOGISTICS FOR THE AFTERMATH FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
i don't agree with you. this guys seems to me to lack the ability required to make efforts like this work. time and leadership are important in evacuation, but also essential long term in the rebuilding efforts. look at norm mineta...shoulda been fired long ago.