The liberals better be careful with this
I've been saying that this liberal idea of "Bush's fault" undermines their central argument because now we know: government can't save you
Don't forget, these are people who envision National Health Care.
What will finally backfire on them is.
The President names the Cabinet level people that run Homeland Security and FEMA, but the regional people are career employees of the Federal Government of which the majority are union members more intrested in their coffee breaks than doing their jobs in an emergency. At the same time many of the people who run regional offices are there, not because they are experts, but because they know the politician in their region (in this case sy Democrats).
And as to the Corp Of Engineer Budget, if I remember correctly, they are still a part of the U.S. Army and their budget is a part of the overall budgets which the democrats have been cutting every year between Bush I and Bush II. Remember peace dividend.