Blanco got her marching orders from the DNC to mess Bush up. Meanwhile, Nagin high-tailed it to Dallas to ride out the storm.
The ultimate example of the Rats never letting a crisis go to waste.
Even if Bush wanted to do something, he would have violated the Constitution.
I don’t think Blanco needed any orders from anyone to mess things up. She was stubborn. She was totally at sea about what to do, but resisted any effort to push her aside. But I think she acted totally out of ignorance. It would be like putting me in charge of an Army Division in wartime.