What is the story about Blanco not caving to Bush on Fed control on CNN

[G_j]

just heard part of it on CNN. something about Bush changing his schedual over this and a disagreement about shoot to kill orders.
Anyone hear this?

[malaise]

1. Check this thread

She must not cede state power. She'd better not.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4641389&mesg_id=4641389

[G_j]

3. one thing I did catch was that she was not giving in

Soledad then said this should make for an "interesting meeting".

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. They tried to trick her into it

but she didn't fall for the trap.

Smart lady.

[cal04]

4. I heard it too They said that the white house and the gov were

at odds because she said no to federalizing
so she will stay in NO

[G_j]

5. did you catch

what they were saying about "shoot to kill" orders?
It sounded as if that was why Blanco would not 'cave'.

[Gman]

6. She knows that will open the door for them to blame her

and Nagin with few if any ways to prove them wrong.

[Booster]

7. I would be willing to bet that Mr. Witt had a lot to do with her not

giving in. I'm proud of Gov. Blanco and hope she continues to stand her ground.

[Spazito]

8. Here is what they tried to do to the Governor

"Behind the scenes, a power struggle emerged, as federal officials tried to wrest authority from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D). Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of the evacuation of New Orleans, a source within the state's emergency operations center said Saturday.

The administration sought unified control over all local police and state National Guard units reporting to the governor. Louisiana officials rejected the request after talks throughout the night, concerned that such a move would be comparable to a federal declaration of martial law. Some officials in the state suspected a political motive behind the request. "Quite frankly, if they'd been able to pull off taking it away from the locals, they then could have blamed everything on the locals," said the source, who does not have the authority to speak publicly."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090301680.html