There will need to be a public "debate" on whether the Fed. gov't (military) can step in without express permission of the state.
The debate will be a good one -- in which Blanco's failures will become apparent, even if no one names names.
We can guess the conservative position on the issue of Feds taking over state functions. They'd rather see the Feds refrain.
It will be most interesting to see what the libs say. I hope someone asks Hillary point-blank.
My brother (a "super-duper" liberal) was criticising the Feds for not stepping in, right away, to take the "disaster response" reins out of Blanco's hands.
I'm anxious to see how much he really likes the idea of Fed intervention, now that the Libs have opened this Pandora's box.