Katrina aside, How was Kathleen Blanco as Governor?

She thought Washington Parish was in Mississippi so.....

Katrina aside, which let's be honest, the multiples of blunders actually brought attention to what policy and response should look like for future storms.

But still...aside from Hurricane Katrina, she actually was a pretty decent Governor policy-wise.

Blanco was on board with the beginnings to claw back the Stelly Income Tax Increase.

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She also joined then-Treasurer John Kennedy in being very outspoken about the crooked projects Bob Obdom and Don Hines tried to push through the State Bond Commission.

The Katrina response was bad, and some of her reactions made things much worse, especially for her image. However, IF (and it's a big if) Katrina doesn't happen, she likely tries to run for re-elections, and Republicans probably don't have much to go after her on record wise. She helped cut taxes and spoke out against two longtime Democrat weasels trying to garner pet projects for their personal gain.

As calculated as Bobby Jindal, and especially his advisors were, he probably doesn't try to run against an incumbent Blanco without that storm happening. He waits until 2007 when the field would be wide open again, with his main competition being Foster Campbell.

Walter Boasso probably end up carrying the GOP torch in a matchup vs. Blanco and loses.

It’s amazing to think that both Blanco and Nagin were phoning it in, basically had their feet kicked up and enjoyed the perks of what they perceived to be a cushy job before retirement/advancing political career. Could not have had two more people that were way in over their head deal with a natural disaster crisis.

Perpetually paralyzed by indecision and having a total inability to read a room.

This is also backed up by what a neighbor of mine said in hindsight after her term as Governor, saying she was a total dumbass out of her depth back when she was sitting on some board (likely the Public Service Commission, which was her job pre-Lt Gov.

Anyone who thinks that she was even decent, as a person or governor, is either clueless or received some corruption benefit while she was in office.

My ex has a sweet smile, and act all naive and innocent, but will stab your back repeatedly.

Kathleen “Babeling Blankstare” Blanco was a nonentity. Her husband and his cronies ran the state and the Blankstare would just stare.

W asked her about nationalization of the National Guard and she asked for 24 hours to decide while her state was dying.

Remember right after her election a coworker asked what I thought of her. I said she was a vacant human being, but absent something disastrous, Foster had the state running on autopilot and well.

Those words tasted like shite while I had to eat them!

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How was Kathleen Blanco as Governor?

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A total f'ing disaster

I got annoyed with her saying several times “we finally elected a Cajun governor”. She may have had the last name but did she forget about edwards?

Whatever happened to her call for "we need a day of prayer" the day after Katrina and as the levee breaks were happening?