I thought it was really a cynical ploy to gain votes in Florida for the Republicans to add a vague plank to their platform calling for a “natural disaster insurance policy,” with details to be determined, a week after the Democrats came out front and center for a federally-backed national catastrophe fund, and with their own presidential candidate vehemently against any direct involvement by Uncle Sam.
Americans hit by disaster must never again feel abandoned by their government, the Republican platform reads. The Katrina disaster taught a painful lesson: The federal government's system for responding to a natural calamity needs a radical overhaul.
The party added that we recognize the need for a natural disaster insurance policy.
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