From the Associated Press

At a stop in Baton Rouge, Bush said all levels of the government were doing their best, and he pledged again: "So long as any life is in danger, we've got work to do. Where it's not going right, we're going to make it right."

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has refused to sign over National Guard control to the federal government and has turned to a Clinton administration official, former Federal Emergency Management Agency chief James Lee Witt, to help run relief efforts.

Blanco, a Democrat, was not informed of the timing of Bush's visit, nor was she immediately invited to meet him or travel with him. In fact, Blanco's office didn't know when Bush was coming until told by reporters.

Late Monday, Blanco denied there tension with Bush.

No tension? That's not how it comes across in *this* article. I wonder what the truth of the matter is.

I would have expected the Governor to have begun working with the Administration by this point. It was Friday Night that President Bush first asked her to request a Federal takeover of the Evacuation that she and Mayor Nagin did not order until noon on Sunday.

You would think that they would be working together by now.

Posted by Michael at September 5, 2005 08:35 PM