I haven't heard any praise for her leadership. She's deadweight.
Seems to me the entire governmental structure of Louisiana has been shockingly inept, and I'm including both the Dem and Rep U.S. senators, Landrieu and Vitter. The New Orleans mayor is pathetic. There appears to have been zero pre-planning even for a relatively garden-variety disaster, let alone one of such staggering magnitude.
The stupid and/or drunk/high mayor first says looting is a low priority because they have to rescue the living. Then today he orders all New Orleans police officers to stop rescue operations and work on the looting.
New Orleans is not the only devastated locality in Louisiana, yet that weak, pathetic governor doesn't seem to have a clue, let alone anything resembling a plan of action.
She was dithering about whether or not to order a mandatory evacuation before Katrina hit until President Bush called and...ummm..."suggested" it. But when she finally did order one, apparently "mandatory" didn't really mean mandatory. They didn't send city, county and state police out to force people to leave. They didn't organize municipal busses to take out people who couldn't leave on their own for whatever reason. They didn't have any real solid plan as to where to send or bring people. They didn't have any emergency staging areas for cops and other first responders. The list goes on and on.
Now, of course, it's "all Bush's fault." Makes me want to throw up. Literally.