Ian at the Political Teen has a video of Gov. Blanco, between network interviews, talking with her press secretary and saying that she should have asked for troops sooner. As the CNN commentator notes, Blanco’s initial requests for help from the feds did not include a request for troops – she just assumed they’d be ready to roll.
He makes a pretty convincing case that the feds did better than average on response time. Some snippets:
I’m a big football fan, and (surprise) I love the Panthers. We’re playing the New Orleans Saints today and it was nice to see on TV the warm welcome Charlotteans gave to the Saints. The Saints look pretty fired up, too. They are obviously the sentimental favorites to win today.
Jeff Goldstein thoroughly analyzes the media, Dem, and blogger response to the Katrina tragedy here in a must-read post:
Another example of a blogger doing the hard research that reporters should be doing but aren’t. Pat at Brainster’s Blog argues that the President was right for statements he made in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina when he said no one anticipated the levee breaks.
