I'm too lazy to try to find it tonight but I believe it was Pelosi who said (before Katrina) that they were going to do everything possible to destroy the President's credibility. (Katrina just fit the agenda...and with any justice, it will come back to devour the Democrats.)
What has made me so angry though is that the Republicans in Congress just step out of the way when the media and the Democrats come charging. It seems the majority of them have convictions as deep as the next poll...very few leaders among them.
IMHO .. I don't think they knew how to handle this all
translation .. the lost their spine again