Politicians move quickly to shift agenda, deflect blame

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/12575356.htm

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Democrats and Republicans returned Tuesday to a Washington scene changed dramatically by Hurricane Katrina and began maneuvering to seize control of the volatile political terrain, deflect blame and appear compassionate without seeming to politicize a national tragedy.

As President Bush prepared to request $40 billion more in aid, invited congressional leaders to the White House and pledged to head an investigation into where the relief effort failed, Democrats accused him of not preparing for the disaster and called on him to fire the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

The widely perceived shortcomings of the relief effort have injected an unpredictable note into the political climate and prompted Bush and Congress to shelve their ambitious agenda, at least for the time being.

"There are a lot of human practical needs that have to be addressed right now," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. He asked Senate committee chairmen to send him suggestions on actions for Congress to take.

[xray s]

1. You mean Grover ain't gonna get his tax cut for billionaire heirs?

boo hoo

[wanpete]

2. A higher power is at work here people...*co went too far...NOLA drowned

people died, and they tried to get away withit and give more billions to the wealthy and privileged while the poor and brown and blacks died of hunger, thirst, and lack of decent human care....

sidetracked by a force of nature strong enough to break the levee around *co....think about it....