Mayor Ray Nagin blames Governor Kathleen Blanco (CNN transcript from yesterday):

S. O’BRIEN: You’re telling me the president told you the governor said she needed 24 hours to make a decision?

NAGIN: Yes.

S. O’BRIEN: Regarding what? Bringing troops in?

NAGIN: Whatever they had discussed. As far as what the — I was abdicating a clear chain of command, so that we could get resources flowing in the right places.

S. O’BRIEN: And the governor said no.

NAGIN: She said that she needed 24 hours to make a decision. It would have been great if we could of left Air Force One, walked outside, and told the world that we had this all worked out. It didn’t happen, and more people died.

Say this for Ray Nagin: he does his finger pointing himself – personally (and he’s done plenty of it).

From a piece on ABC News today there is this:

Shortly before Katrina hit, she (Governor Kathleen Blanco) sent President Bush a request, asking for shelter and provisions, but didn’t specifically ask for help with evacuations. One aide to the governor told ABC News today Blanco thought city officials were taking care of the evacuation.

It’s some kind of bitter commentary when the bodies have yet to be recovered and the mayor and governor with the first and second responsibilities, respectively, for protecting their citizens’ lives are trading blame and getting ready for a mud fight.

Tweedle-dee Dum said to Tweedle-dee Dee
“Your presence is obnoxious to me.”
They’re like babies sittin’ on a woman’s knee
Tweedle-dee Dum and Tweedle-dee Dee

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