For Bush, a Deepening Divide

We think
1) the President and his administration has performed incompetently.
2) There are factual, unbias means to measure FEMAs and DHS performance.

WaPo see it differently. It's all a matter of partisianship.
The disaster in NO the and poor performance of FEMA and DHS and their unqualified directors is yet another example of our "growing willingness to interpret events through a partisan prism."

See what's worng us? We're trying to score points rather than hold the Presidents hand.

For Bush, a Deepening Divide: "To his critics, Bush is now reaping what he has sown. Their case against him goes as follows: Facing a divided nation, the president has eschewed unity in both his governing strategy and his political blueprint. These opponents argue that he has favored confrontation over conciliation with the Democrats while favoring a set of policies aimed at deepening support among his conservative base at the expense of ideas that might produce bipartisan consensus and broader approval among the voters. His allies and advisers, while acknowledging that polarization has worsened during the past five years, say the opposition party bears the brunt of responsibility. Democrats, by this reckoning, have rebuffed Bush's efforts at bipartisanship, put up a wall to ideas that once enjoyed some support on their side, and, even in the current crisis along the Gulf Coast, are seeking to score political points rather than joining hands with the president to speed the recovery and relief to the victims.

Wherever reality lies between these mutual recriminations, the path from post-9/11 unity to the rancor and finger-pointing in the aftermath of Katrina's fury charts a clear deterioration in political consensus in the United States and a growing willingness to interpret events through a partisan prism. "

Fuck you Dan Balz and Fuck you WaPo.