Rep. Henry Wexler (D-FL), standing on the floor of the House, bellowed his question about the handling of the disaster in New Orleans. He tore into the President, and was almost crying by the end of his remarks, which were forceably cut off by the time constraint.
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI) gave a list of what the city of Detroit is doing for New Orleans, and asked everyone else to do the same.
There have been dozens of others, from Nancy Pelosi, to Christopher Shays (R-CT) who have stood up and asked "what happened?" Even a hardliner like Shays was left with only questions as to how this could have come to pass.
In the Senate last night even Chuck Schumer, who has never seen an issue that didn't enrage him, felt the need to say that "this is not the time to cast blame." The Senate last night was almost demure.
This afternoon Congress is begining the process we have all been talking about for days...calling out those who are responsible for this utter failure of leadership and making them face their sins.
We have all been looking to leadership from the President, and rightfully so...but he failed, and we need not give him a second chance. Congress and the Senate are back now, and no matter their past failures, this is a time when they can pay penance.
Whoever is the first to really come foreward, loudly and publically, and say that people need to be held accountable for this, and a new plan must be made, will set themselves up for something big.
I know they are out there: Russ Feingold, John Conyers...there are people who can stand up and lead now. There are people who have been speaking toward the atrocities commited by this administration since the begining, who now have the moral authority to truly voice their feelings. I'm just wanting for them to appear.