Reconstruction Czar

So much for Uncle Sam deferring to the states and localities. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., has jumped on the bandwagon of the creation of a federal czar to oversee the rehabilitation and reconstruction of hurricane-ravaged areas. He's seeking someone who would "work with local leadership to create a plan addressing the best ways to rehabilitate and rebuild the Gulf Coast with our taxpayers’ dollars; someone who will coordinate the federal, state, and local roles in implementing that plan; someone who will answer for how that plan is carried out." And Domenici's got eight more Republicans with him: Larry Craig of Idaho, Charles Grassley of Iowa, Judd Gregg and John Sununu of New Hampshire, James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, and George Voinovich of Ohio.