Katrina blame game
It has been more than 100 days since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, and the city of New Orleans is at least trying to get back on its feet. But as usual in Washington, officials are having a hard time getting beyond the blame game: State and local officials, testifying on the Hill this week, blamed the feds. Federal officials, in a closed-door briefing with House members, did take part of the blame but also said they were hampered by state and local officials.
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Gloria Borger, a contributing editor at U.S.News & World Report, writes the magazine's On Politics column. Borger is also the national political correspondent for CBS and a regular panelist on the PBS public affairs program, Washington Week in Review. Borger is a 1974 graduate of Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., and is now a member of the university's board of trustees.