[Political analysts tell First Read, however, that it probably doesn't matter how these potential oh-eighters position themselves on Katrina and its aftermath. Claremont McKenna College's Jack Pitney explains that it's always politically safe to blame bureaucracy. On the other hand, he says, those who don't can always do so in the future.] There's plenty of time to criticize. ... I think two years from now, nobody is going to remember what these people said.

Charlie Black