In other words, Florida didn’t have a governor who got their marching orders from the DNC in order to sabotage President Bush.
Bush could have overwhelmed or overridden Blanco’s obstructionism, as was eventually done after much political damage had been incurred. Bush’s photo ops while on vacation immediately after Katrina hit and the photo op flyover of flooded New Orleans were self-inflicted wounds — and all the worse because they were unnecessary.