Blanco's out of the loop.
Per the WP article from yesterday, she was offered the opportuity to come inside by requesting that Bush federalize the afflicted areas, but she refused.
The lines are drawn, the battle has commenced.
Bush holds the purse strings, and Blanco holds the media's sympathy.
Much of it will occur below our sightlines and we will have to infer that part of it.
But that the battle has been joined is evidenced by Honore's comments and tone.
Gloves are off.
The part of it that we actually see will get bloodier.
Why does that ditz have anybody's sympathy? I'm sorry, but she makes me embarrassed to be a woman. She's a classic stereotype - scattered, weepy, indecisive. And she's probably even too old to be PMSing it.
Quite simply, she's not up to the job.
Remember this: Jamie Witt, the ex-FEMA head and current Blanco Dubois CYA agent, just said that the 10,000 number is way off; it won't be more than 6,000.