Should New Orleans rebuild? cont

Will the Governor demand apology from Soledad O'Brien ?
She just raised the question on CNN "American Morning"

Oh yea ... she's just a TV Personality, likely more people know her/who she is than Hastert... and she doesn't have control of the "pork strings"

ABC7Chicago.com: Should New Orleans rebuild?:

"September 2, 2005 - House Speaker Denny Hastert has gone on record saying New Orleans should not be rebuilt. The governor of Louisiana demanded an apology. What do the infrastructure experts think?
A large portion of New Orleans housing is wood frame which cannot likely survive weeks in the water. The utilities are a mess and basic infrastructure in many areas is beyond repair.

House Speaker Denny Hastert has a large say-so in the form and fashion of federal aid for New Orleans, and when a Daily Herald reporter asked him this week if billions of dollars should be spent rebuilding a city that sits largely below sea-level, he said, 'I think it's a question that certainly we should ask. And you know, it looks like a lot of that place could be bull-dozed.'

Louisiana's governor heard that remark to say that New Orleans is not worth the investment, and she demanded an immediate apology from Hastert.

'To kick us when we're down, to destroy hope when hope is the only thing we have left, is absolutely unthinkable for a leader in his position,' said Gov. Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana."