"When this decision came to light, I think Bush was blindsided.
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I hope it doesn't rise to the level of Katrina's handling by Brown?
I don't believe it does at all. I will say I am perplexed by people on our side who buy into that premise at all.
Our government moved hundreds of thousands of people after NO and LA failed to take reasoned measures before Katrina.
It was NOT the federal government who screwed the pooch here. No way!
Bush did not need to know of this before the decision. There may be a short-circuit in the process, but it's a process that has functioned reasonably prior to this. I don't the blind-sided aspect of it is Bush's fault.
This evidently flew in under the radar, with folks thinking it would be no big deal at all. WRONG!
Where I'd fault Bush is his reaction.