Those on the left who've yowled from their bellfries about how Republican budget cuts are directly responsible for the devestation in New Orleans are pleased to be sitting down and shutting the hell up now:

In Katrina's wake, Louisiana politicians and other critics have complained about paltry funding for the Army Corps in general and Louisiana projects in particular. But over the five years of President Bush's administration, Louisiana has received far more money for Corps civil works projects than any other state, about $1.9 billion; California was a distant second with less than $1.4 billion, even though its population is more than seven times as large.

Oh don't worry, I'm sure the Democrats have already figured out new angles to blame this mess on the federal government. They can move pretty fast when their conventional wisdom turns out to be neither. Which is to say, most of the time.