Katrina Leadership

I took this shot when I visited DC last spring. I wonder if Lincoln would have handled the Katrina disaster differently? Would he have waited to be called up by "local officials" before acting? Would he have hired others to speak for him? Or would he have simply provided leadership and sorted out the details later? Some Lincoln sayings our current president could benefit from:

"Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way."

"Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel and invastion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose and you allow him to to do whenever he may choose to day he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure."

And last but not least, Mr. Bush please remember:

"You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."