Hurricane Gustav Burps Loudly, Leaves New Orleans

The news media are reporting that Hurricane Gustav has finished its business in Louisiana and is now heading towards Texas. The storm was weakened before it hit land, was downgraded to a Cat 2 storm and did not cause as much damages as feared. Hmm, Gustav's tale sounds suspiciously similar to the political career of Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, our brave Republican leaders have risen to the occasion, put country ahead of party and did the right thing. They were there to show concern. Wonderful.

With any luck, we may be able to resume the RNC National Convention soon. C'mon guys, we have an election to win.

Hurricane Gustav Disrupts Republican Convention

Bad news. Due to the advance of Hurricane Gustav towards New Orleans and nearby localities, the Republican National Convention will not unfold as planned. President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney will not speak on Monday as scheduled. They will be monitoring Gustav and relief effots. John McCain may not appear either and may give his acceptance speech to the convention from an offsite location.

The convention has been heavily scaled back for Monday's opening ceremonies, from 7 hours to 2 and a half hours. McCain is no doubt trying to position himself as an activist future President by giving up political advantage to monitor Gustav and its destruction. Will he receive more bounce from that than from a fully operational convention? Who knows?

In any case, Democrats might well be thanking God for intervening on their behalf -- assuming that they believe He exists at all.