Reply #12: I hope he can get something done for you guys...

[Firespirit]

He certainly has done plenty -- bills plus that plane of stuff -- for the Gulf states, which it could be argued aren't even his responsibility. (I wish he would get credit for it locally, but there you have it -- for whatever reason, he doesn't want to make a big media spectacle of his good works. It's going to be quite interesting if MS's governor is the GOP nom, or even a strong contender for it. Our John would be able to talk about the bills he sponsored that would help regular people. Meanwhile my illustrious governor could talk about how his priority was for casinos to be moved inland while the insurance industry robbed the victims blind, copping out of paying whenever possible, and he wouldn't lift a finger to condemn it or to support his state's attorney general in the lawsuit to force them to pay up. Yes, that'd be interesting.)

Anyway, to get off that tangent, I'm sure he wants to help his home state as much as possible in a natural disaster, because his very nature is protective. Here's hoping that the bureaucracy doesn't thwart him.