I agee with you about how politicians mirror their base, for the most part. And the people who were defending Nagin on this forum didn't live in New Orleans or even LA, as I recall.
They were just trouble makers who couldn't stand the thought that freepers were finding Nagin at fault for a lot of what went wrong in New Orleans and preferred to try and blame the Bush administration and the feds, which we freepers weren't about to let happen since it wasn't a FEMA problem, for the most part.
Nagin is getting a pass and should resign. Trent Lott had to resign for less.