As you may know, the right has busied themselves swiftboating La.'s Governor Kathleen Blanco. Some of us felt that was a huge problem the Kerry campaign had, not responding to the allegations. Well, in La., Blanco has not been jumping out of the gate to meet the Katrina allegations, either, but she points out she's had a lot to do ... like search rescue, feed, etc. Here is the first semi-in-depth interview with her since the disaster. How well do you feel she's handling the issues? My own feeling is that she can't just defend her actions, she also MUST point out the Fed deficiencies over and over in great detail and show how her reliance on the feds led to the public perception of confusion in the state government.
The interview is with John Hill of Gannett:
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050919/NEWS01/509190329/1002/NEWS
See also this link to streaming audio news coverage from the Katrina zone:
http://nodiaspora.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/19/73339/0723