McCain photo op

Unlike McCain, who leapt at a chance before the cameras, Barack Obama didn't rush to the Gulf for a photo-op, he called Gov Jindal and asked how he could help. Jindal asked him to promote the evacuation orders so Obama "conducted telephone interviews with four New Orleans television stations and one radio station" asking people to heed Jindal's warnings. Obama didn't stage a telethon for the TV, he quietly emailed his hundreds of thousands of supporters and asked them to donate to the Red Cross for the relief efforts.