[schu]

I agree, the Feds taking control here has serious long term repercussions.

If you were Bush, getting all the heat, but incompetents and the circumstances were precluding effective response, what would you do?

Sorry, he has to take control unless Blanco decides to start doing her job.

[DaGman]

The tone of your responses is one to be more concerned about Bush being blamed and that justifies the federal government/bureaucracy imposing its will on sovereign states. Allowing the federal government to impose its will on a sovereign state because the president is being blamed has far more serious consequences than anything Katrina has brought.