Via TPM-
Set up photo-ops, lying and the howl of the keyboard commandos- NOLA is Iraq, is deja vu all over again.
I understand why, in the CNN interview, Sen. Landrieu didn't want to cheese-off any of the folks she was going to need for help. I also admire the way she handled an obviously rattled Anderson Cooper.
But I also see, a la 9/11, the principals in a colossal failure being the principle recipients of their magnanimity in not wanting to point fingers.