Can't blame Bush for this. FEMA is an executive agency.
Doug
----------
I sure can. FEMA, OE, and many of the rest of the executive branch agencies were reorganized by Bush and Cheney using hatchets and chainsaws.
I thought at the time, it would take the next administration a full term or more just re-reorganizing the system to get it to do its intended work.
Getting rid of Bush's executive orders was just a show piece. The damage that jerk did to executive branch was vast and deep. The complete inability of FEME to handle its job is just a small but newsworthy example.
I'll bet the job Rumsfeld did on the military was even worse, because Rumsfeld had more experience at ruination. Then there is Health, Treasury, and Justice and dozens of lower levels all showing signs of Bush Syndrome, also know as Foobar.
If Obama and Biden don't start fixing the inner workings of the executive branch, they will fail no matter what policy objectives they want to accomplish.
Look at the agencies that were supposed to regulate and oversee the financial system. Banker greed, fraud and abuse are only one side of the problem. The government regulatory system for financial markets works just like FEMA for the same reason.
CG