Who's in Charge Here?

Blognostic has a link to a revealing NY Times article on what happened in the early days of Katrina.

Presidential nay-sayers--don't miss this paragraph in the article:

"Can you imagine how it would have been perceived if a president of the United States of one party had pre-emptively taken from the female governor of another party the command and control of her forces, unless the security situation made it completely clear that she was unable to effectively execute her command authority and that lawlessness was the inevitable result?" asked one senior administration official, who spoke anonymously because the talks were confidential."