While loyal Republicans roam the streets of St. Paul looking for something to do, John McCain is.... I can't figure out exactly what he is doing.Republicans are acting as if everything that went wrong in Louisiana when Katrina hit is their entire fault. They are also setting a very dangerous standard: the federal government must be everywhere and always fully prepared for any natural disaster.The corrupt Democrats who ran the state of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans were largely to blame for the loss of life that occurred during hurricane Katrina. (Remember the pictures of hundreds of school buses parked in the mud in New Orleans?) Local and state governments are, and must be, first respondents to a natural catastrophe.Why are the Republicans fixated on a category 2 hurricane? I have been trying to get some response about the absence of John McCain from the loyal Republicans who have gathered here in Minneapolis to try and resurrect a slowly dying political party. "We have...(Read Full Post)