Everyone has taken note of the fact that he has held some sort of hurricane "event" every day since last Tuesday, when he evacuated his ranch in Crawford two days early. He sez to address the hurricane, but lots of folks think it was to get out from under the long shadow of his giant nemesis, Cindy Sheehan.

But I fault the Dems in this too. They are trying to use this disaster to smear Bush and the Repubs just as much as Bush and the Repubs are trying to smear Blanco and the Dems.

So most folks I've talked to agree with the mayor: enough damn spinning and press conferences and blaming the locals. Just get some bodies in there who can pull their share of the weight doing THEIR JOBS--THE STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.