From Joe Scarborough:

With so many trying to figure out why so few acted professionally in the first days of this epic crisis, I offer an insider's view of who is to blame for this national disgrace. We begin with Harry Truman who famously declared that the buck always stops at the president's desk. For those who now define the term conservative as unwavering support for George W. Bush, even this suggestion is maddening. But the bottom line is that despite the fact the president was strapped with two governors who bungled this crisis badly, in the end it is the president who sends in the National Guard and FEMA relief. The president's suggestion that the size of this storm caught all by surprise just doesn't get it. His administration was 48 hours late sending in the National Guard and poor Americans got raped and killed because of those mistakes. A painful assessment from a supporter of the president, but also true.

Note that Scarborough also finds much fault in the action - or lack of action - on the part of Democratic Louisiana Governor Blanco and Republican Mississippi Governor Barbour.

And I say good. Local, state, federal, whatever.

You earn my respect when you can find fault regardless of party lines.

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