We know the President's hands were tied due to incompetence in LA. If he had taken the bait and called an insurrection then they were without a doubt ready to call for his impeachment. I remember on the Katrina threads seeing something where Dems were wringing hands in glee earlier last week wanting to impeach him for being on vacation (so they are certified loons -- we know this)
We know that the President was asking her to turn this over to the Feds last week and she refused. We know, though it's been swept under the carpet now) he called an emergency before the storm even struck... he WAS engaged and he WAS concerned.
So here is my theory. What if the President had called their bluff and by Thursday staged the Military outside NOLA alongside the Red Cross, FEMA, etc... and THEN made certain the cameras saw this and KNEW they were staged and ready to rescue those people, but the Governor would not sign documents to allow them to proceed and save these people.
What would have happened had he done that -- or something similar>
The President is above using the tactics employed by the Left. That is why he doesn't respond to all their maniacal slandering, and that is why he wouldn't do as you suggest above. His focus is on doing his job and getting it done, while the Left continues screeching from the sidelines doing nothing. He is not going to play their silly little games with them.
Once the dust settles, the truth will begin to come out. Just how much of it, we'll have to wait and see. But whatever happens, the Left will not have gained any advantage whatsoever. The great harm they have tried to inflict on Bush, they've only inflicted on themselves.