during an indiana town hall, a questioner, who spent spring break building homes in new orleans (kudos to him), asked obama what he would do about new orleans.
here's obama's answer:
1) he will appoint someone who is in charge of the rebuilding process in new orleans. each week they'll report to him the status.
2) strengthen the levies
3) help homeowners get insurance
4) cut out the no-bid contracts and the corruption. halliburton and others were getting huge contracts and no one knew where the money was going.
what type of qualities are you looking for in a vice president?
"I got to win indiana before i start thinking about vice president."
but he offered his criteria for his cabinet:
1) competence, no more heads of the arabian horse association in charge of fema.
2) integrity, too many going into public service to cash out later.
3) independence, i want people who are going to argue and tell me when i'm wrong.
4) people that understand that power comes from the people
