Friday visit has media contact where Bush gives details about the amount of relief delivered, progress is being made, thanks the locals, massive relief effort, et.c Generally congratulatory in tone. ANybody who saw that, after watching news of looting and rapes in the Dome, sensed a HUGE disconnect from reality there.
Saturday AM - Bush's 10 AM speech to the nation is the first time he says the results are unacceptable, IIRC. Big change of tone. If I were to point at the moment in time that GWB admitted his congratulatory "new tone" approach was going to cost lives, it was that moment.
Now, with the "I want to see results" tone in place, he is going back to fill a power vacuum left by Blanco and Nagin. Somebody has to show face there, and he's "it."
I thought President Bush said the results were not acceptable on Thursday of last week. Then he repeated it on Saturday.