There's a disconnect in the first post above:

3. The Republicans will float suggestions that perhaps New Orleans is just unsafe and shouldnt be rebuilt.

It is a given among the liberals that global warming is real and is a serious threat. (I'm not saying it isn't, I'm just saying that the liberals generally consider it to be beyond debate.)

One of the necessary consequences of global warming appears to be the melting of the polar ice. There's a good deal of evidence that this is in fact happening.

If the polar ice melts, sea levels will rise.

If sea levels rise, the probability of the same thing happening again if NO is rebuilt rises as well.

So, logically, shouldn't the Democrats be the ones to argue that New Orleans is unsafe and shouldn't be rebuilt?

Or am I missing something?

Peter.