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I'm not saving the mayor of New Orleans or the governor of Louisiana (both Democrats) from blame on this either. The failure of leadership is at the local, state, and federal level. The mayor's last good move was saying "Get out," but he did little or nothing to help the less fortunate to do that. And the reports from CNN and MSNBC at the Convention Center today are out of control. It sounds like Andersonville Prison.

A disaster of this magnitude requires federal support, however. The localities and the state simply don't have the resources. They've been systematically starved by the federal government for years, too, leading to all the state deficits and bankruptcies. The feds deserve the brunt of the blame.

Also, on a completely different note, somebody needs to exile MSNBC's Rita Crosby, who is STILL reporting from Aruba during this mess, and never let her back in the country. Enjoy the mai tais, moron.