[inkling]

"The buck stops here." If the Feds screwed up (and it seems like they did), the big cheese takes the blame. Good for him!

That does nothing to absolve Blanco, Nagin, Landrieu and the rest of the Louisiana bunglers. In fact, it puts pressure on them to take the blame for local failures.

[The Antiyuppie]

This is what a leader and a statesman does. This, of course, is unfamiliar behavior nowdays.