...opines on the responsibility of the executive:
Having won re-election, the Mayor of New Orleans (so happily acquired by Mr. Jefferson) is planning for his new administration. His first term was defined, of course, by Hurricane Katrina...It is always needful...to fill the job with competent men--men who, like the Danish governor general, will take charge and do what is needful. This applies equally to executives at lower levels of government, when the problem to be dealt with is a matter concentrated in one locality. President Bush and Gov. Landrieu of Lousiana were not up for re-election last week, and so could not be judged for their omissions. If the people of New Orleans are satisfied with Mayor Nagin, then we may conclude that they deserve what they get.(Hamilton as imagined by Richard Brookhiser.)
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