Hurricane Sandy and FEMA Remind Us What Election Is Really About: Two Very Different Visions

Date: Nov 01 2012

Filed under: Government, Election 2012

Barack Obama, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and  FEMA

For a much of the country, the damage left behind by Hurricane Sandy is also throwing some of the most basic questions underlying next week’s election into stark relief.

Much of the East Coast is now clearing debris, draining its tunnels, and trying to reestablish electric power, with help from the main federal organization spearheading disaster response: the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA is also one of the “discretionary spending” items whose funding would be slashed by the…

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