Governor Blanco and especially Mayor Nagin both blasted Bush and the Feds just as soon as they realized that they themselves had screwed up. It was CYA from the beginning and the Bush haters ate it up. You can quote the Constitution, give examples and even point out common sense but the entitlement crowd will not accept it.
Senator Mary L. Landrieu doing her boo-hoo, blame it on the Corps of Engineers on National TV, was beyond belief. She was the one that got the huge sum of $ from federal funds for levee maintenance but it was also her and the La. Legislature that diverted those funds to more popular projects.