Blanco's Leadership (or lack thereof)

The post-Katrina investigations are turning up some interesting facts as to Louisiana Governor Blanco's actions:

Just days after Hurricane Katrina pummeled Louisiana, there was concern within Gov. Kathleen Blanco's administration that she was succumbing to fits of anger instead of looking like a leader.

"She must temper her anger and frustration," the governor's assistant chief of staff, Johnny Anderson, lamented in an e-mail to other administration officials on Sept. 2 after Blanco stormed out of a news conference.

...Barely a week after the hurricane, top officials of the Blanco administration were concerned about how the governor's response was viewed. Kopplin said in one message that national surrogates needed to promote the view that the federal response to the hurricane was 'anemic.'

History will be alot kinder to the federal government than it will be to Ms. Blanco or the mayors office. Juxtapose the response in Mississippi with that of LA and it speaks for itself.