As for a federal takeover, the left was hysterical that President Bush didn't break federal law and illegally send American troops into LA to begin with (it was for the children)...so why not?
Come to think of it, where ARE those Bush-bashing trolls who crawled out of the woodwork to claim they're conservatives and bash the president for the alleged sin of following Constitutionall law? They seem to have disappeared to make room for Moveon.org and Cindy Sheehan to demand withdrawl of troops from "occupied New Orleans" and are probably hoping we'll all forget their idiotic and conflicting original demands. I, for one, will not.
A natural disaster is one thing. I feel for the suffering of the affected, have donated water and have a toy/clothing drive going. The vultures who dove in to create a campaign platform on the backs of suffering people - mostly ignored by the drolling media if their opinion of their treatment and their president conflicts with the DNC memos - is something else entirely.
I'd venture to say that the DNC tried to trap Bush into doing just that - violating Posse Comatitis. They probably had the impeachment papers drawn up already.