McCain to Gulf Coast: A Different Kind of Leader?
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Yesterday, in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, the area hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Senator John McCain called the response to Katrina “a perfect storm” of mismanagement by federal, state and local governments, and promised the people of New Orleans “never again.” Democrats immediately criticized McCain’s 20-minute news conference –The Democratic National Committee said that McCain had opposed emergency assistance to the Gulf Coast after Katrina.
Is McCain’s pledge enough to make him a different kind of leader? NewsHour has the story here.
View in-depth coverage of “After Hurricane Katrina” by the Online NewsHour and find out why McCain criticized Bush for slow response in Katrina’s aftermath.
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