Barbara J. Stock @ ChronWatch writes:

The power struggle between the mayor, the governor, and the federal government cost lives. One question that needs to be answered is this: Did the hatred the Democrats have for President Bush cause the delays because a Democrat governor simply didn’t want a Republican president telling her what to do?

A more serious question that needs to be answered is where all the federal dollars ended up that were appropriated for Louisiana to repair and upgrade the levees. Industrious people have investigated the amount of federal money given to Louisiana in the first five years of the Bush administration and compared it to the last the five years of the Clinton administration. Despite the finger-pointing at the Bush administration for “slashing� the levee funding, it was discovered that that the Bush budgets actually sent more money than the Clinton administration. In fact, Louisiana received more Corps of Engineer monies than any other state in the union. Yet, many of the levees were in disrepair and had not been upgraded to withstand a hurricane over a category 3. One interesting fact that is rarely mentioned is that the levees that failed were the ones where the upgrade work had been completed.

Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who threatened to “punch� the president, needs to explain why she stuck a $194 million dredging project for the Port of Iberia into an Iraqi spending bill when the need the dredging had already been shown to be unnecessary. Perhaps Senator Landrieu is upset because lengthy federal investigations may reveal the corrupt, “business as usual,� kind of liberal politics that has ruled Louisiana for generations. One reporter stated that the legendary corruption in Louisiana was “part of its charm.�

Speaking of Sen. Landrieu, she spent most of today on spin cycle during the Sunday news shows. The Political Teen has video from Fox News Sunday.