Lisa Stark on ABC is now saying that the federal govt. can act only if the state requests help first, and this is one of the main reasons for the "slow" federal response.
Needs to be repeated. Thanks for posting.
4,517 posted on 09/02/2005 1:59:06 PM EDT by ncpatriot
I agree ncpatriot. Needs to be repeated early and often.
I heard from political friends in Florida that was precisely the tactic used by Democrat governor Lawton Chiles of Florida in September 1992 (two months before the elections): delay asking for federal assistance so that President Bush (#41), following the law, couldn't send it in, AND Chiles meanwhile arranged for the left-wing press to have non-stop criticism of Bush during the last two months of the election, which he then proceeded to lose, partially due to such maneuvers.