The media turned this into a Bust error and point to his "doing a great job Brownie" comment to back it up. When you have a media that hates you it is a good idea to anticipate what they will say if you do things a certain way.
I would have loved to see him say we tried but Mayor Nagin was hiding under his desk and Gov. Blanco was hiding in her bedroom, but President Bush would never point a finger at the real problem people, this became his burden to bear.
Bush should have supported Brown and pointed the finger where it belonged. Michael Chertoff was out of contact for at least two days.