[Abathar]

""I would rather err on the side of conservatism so we would make sure we have everyone out," Mayor Ray Nagin said."

Conservatism = Common sense, he might finally be getting it.

[HHKrepublican]

Once they get in the gulf, those things are much bigger than 75 St Miles.

[Colofornian]

Conservatism = Common sense, he might finally be getting it.

Not quite. Notice he still believes that a nod toward embracing a sanctity of human life is still "err[ing]" -- but an "err" he's still willing to make.

Besides, it gives him an out for the recent crits about returning folks to a city that has few hospitals ready to receive them and has more drinkable hard liquor than it has drinkable water.