Bummer.
CNN reported that Bush had to cancel his trip to Texas. Apparently, they figured out that his presence causes major disruptions. Hmmm. Took them five years to figure that out?
Reuters puts it this way:
President George W. Bush canceled his trip to Texas on Friday to avoid interfering with the move of a search-and-rescue team closer to the area where Hurricane Rita was to hit, the White House said.The White House hates missing a photo op. But, don't worry. He is on his way to Colorado to monitor the storm.
Instead of traveling to San Antonio, Bush will go straight to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he will visit the U.S. Northern Command.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the Federal Emergency Management Agency decided to reposition the search-and-rescue teams from San Antonio closer to the storm, "and we didn't want to slow that decision up in any way. So we made the decision that we would go straight to Colorado."
