This is an incredibly stupid thing for a politician to say right now and it's going to cost Hastert dearly... but be honest, weren't you thinking it on some level?
Yawn. No loss there.
No, it's not. With every video clip we see of mutants looting in New Orleans, and with every report we hear of helicopter and boat rescue operations shut down due to gunfire from these mutants, more and more Americans are going to realize that having the U.S. government rebuild New Orleans would be worse than having a white farmer buy a grain farm in Zimbabwe.
If this chaos and mayhem continues for another 24 hours, public sentiment for rebuilding New Orleans will be nonexistent. In fact, a majority of Americans outside Louisiana will probably be in favor of bulldozing the city to the ground with any remaining occupants still in it.