The reason for Blanco and friends delaying the request for federal help is they were hassling with Washington over who would control the billions of dollars sure to be involved. The local Democrats wanted to divide the spoils as they saw fit and Washington would not agree. For several days no one was in charge because of this.
The Democrats finally gave in but then turned the tables and blamed Bush for everything imaginable, including causing the hurricane..
I believe you.
But the Constitutionally illiterate LameStream Media doesn’t know enough to look into such things.
I really think there is a bit of political retardation in the field known as “journalism” today.