[GeronL]

All of this for a Category One?

distraction?

[icanhasbailout]

distraction?

Desperation to find something, anything, to stop the freefall in his numbers. If he ever loses media favor enough that there is a serious investigation into his background, he and everyone around him is completely screwed.

[Nervous Tick]

>> distraction?

Campaign photo-op.

I’m sure there were more PR people and photographers than there were weathermen* in that command center.

* But speaking of weathermen, I bet Bill Ayers was invited...

[combat_boots]

1. A category 1 hurricane—not a cat 5
2. No cities artificially separated into sections by canals/levees/etc.
3. No phone calls by a state governor with the DNC to prevent federal assistance
4. No action by a mayor to effectively avoid his own disaster plan
5. No collapse of flood control measures AFTER the storm was over
6. No making staying illegal
7. No going door to door ahead of time to get people out of affected areas
8. No regulatory/bureaucratic disconnect between FEMA and state/local authorities
9. No screaming by the media that everything is wrong
10. No prevention of assistance, ice, food, National Guard troops left sitting on a state border to create a Democrat win irrespective of ‘collateral damage’ deaths of residents.

I’d say the situations are as different as night and day. In fact, the changes W put in place have helped.

[tsowellfan]

They were hoping for much bigger than a Cat 1. They figured more builders would be needed for reconstruction of entire coastal cities, more funeral directors and hospital staff...etc.

And of course, something else to blame for Obama's failures.

[omega4179]

Damage control from his disastrous vacation.

[murron]

What cracks me up is the picture of him sitting at a desk in his shirt sleeves waiting for a hurricane that basically wasn’t much of a hurricane. Certainly no Katrina.

[Secret Agent Man]

No, beefing up the campaign resume for 2012.