How Much Can A President Really Do?

I found this article in the Kokomo Tribune today and I really feel that this guy is right on in his thinking.

President Bush Isn't Mayor of America by: Mike Moran
When I voted for Bush last November, I voted for a president of the United States. I didn't vote for a mayor of America. There is a difference. Katrina seems to have gotten a lot of people confused. Could FEMA have done better? Yes, but that could and should be said of every person in leadership. It is totally unfair to put all the blame on Bush and the federal government, but that seems to have happened. After Sept. 11, 2001, America pulled together; we went to churches and prayed. After Katrina some people pointed an angry fist at God and said how could you let this happen. Bush became an easy target as he always is to the media. I will be very surprised if he comes out and tries to divert blame to the governor of Louisiana or the mayor of New Orleans. I will ask where their culpability is. Why is it always Washington that is blamed when evacuations were ordered and buses sat unused, when a governor refused to even send National Guard troops? Do you believe that the federal response to Katrina was faster than the last three hurricanes? It was! A former USAF logistics officer said "The United States military can wipe out the Taliban and Iraqi Republican Guard far more swiftly than they can bring 3 million Swanson dinners to an underwater city through an area the size of Great Britain which has no power, no working ports or airports, and a devastated and impassable road network." Why didn't the Feds pre-position supplies since they knew Katrina was bearing down on the Gulf Coast? You don't want to risk the supplies being destroyed by the storm - that's why! Roughly now, the size of the disaster area is three times the size of Indiana. Imagine every house in our state destroyed. Roads impassable, no electricity, everything south of I-64 under water. The closest usable airports were near St. Louis or Columbus, Ohio. I think they've done pretty good and what is most despicable is to introduce the race card. While it is so predictable from a certain segment of our political area, it is no more distasteful that those kinds of people need to cause divisions in our social fabric. The Jesse Jackson's of the nation need to foist these misconceptions and outright lies on us to advance their positions. Is America giving out of guilt or a sincere desire to help our fellow Americans? You have to answer that for yourself.