If in fact New Orleans were populated by middle-class whites, then you would have seen a far different response.

There are communities that are moving forward now because (the Community Reinvestment Act) ... was the economic engine,

We have to make people believe that the blues festival is here to stay, and that it's being done right. I think that this time people will see that we mean business, and they'll come back on board.

How ridiculous, how asinine, how insane can one be?!

This is precisely the kind of insensitive, hurtful and ignorant rhetoric that Americans have grown tired of.

I'll be talking with the chairman of the transportation committee when i get back to Washington to see whether or not there's anything that can be done to look at this particular piece of track.