Yup, and the point we need to keep pounding is that she has 30,000 Louisiania National Guard troops under her direct command. She didn't have to wait for Bush. She could have sent in these people to restore order and take back the city. When she requested additional help (not till Wednesday) the city would have been secured and they could have because evacuations in earnest.
> A moment of prayer, certainly, then---"Everyone evacuate",
I heard on other threads (or was it earlier on this one)that she still hasn't declared an "emergency", which would have enabled the Feds to eliminate a lot of the middle-man bureacracy. Some speculate that it is to preserve the patronage function of the NOLA party hacks for letting contracts down the line.