You are correct the MSM is trying to create another issue i.e. Katrina that the administration is too late to respond to getting out Americans, etc.
I hope (but am not optimistic) the Bush team learned that they need to play offense and not allow the MSM to reiterate a slow response. They also need to make the point that the state dept. has had warnings posted for years that one travels at their own risk to these areas and now they all want out within 24 hours?
I hope we take out those that had to be there for work first and those that chose to be there follow but most important, I hope the Administration has a good PR team this time. They typically don't have a good communications team for anything....
You're right. Get out in front of it. I don't think this has the ability to move many people though like Katrina. No Americans have died and people are being evacuated. And I think in this case the perception is that many of these people are there by choice. Regardless, the administration needs to explain what it's doing to get people out so the Democrats and their media lapdogs can't define this thing before the administration can speak up for itself. Not that I expect the media will give any attention to the administration countering the media's version of events, but they need to try.