Bobby Jindal wants more big government money for Louisiana

A president whose disaster response Bobby Jindal did not complain about publicly. Hurricane Isaac is keeping Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal away from the Republican National Convention, but a hurricane will not be enough to keep him from being partisan in the news. Jindal is assailing the Obama administration for supposedly not giving Louisiana enough federal aid.

But the usual FEMA pre-disaster protocol has been activated. The Obama administration has approved Jindal's request for a disaster declaration. The administration's actions thus far have earned plaudits from the state's two senators ' including Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). And moreover, the steps the administration has taken are broadly similar to the Bush administration's initial response to Hurricane Gustav in 2008, which Jindal did not publicly criticize.

Like any good Republican governor, Jindal has a long record of hypocrisy on federal funding, taking the "big government bad, now give me government money" approach. And when it comes to disasters, he's had problems with fishy stories and dubious deployments. And now that there is massive flooding and untold damage from Hurricane Isaac, keep a close eye out for a gap between Jindal's stories and the facts. He's already looking to turn natural disaster into partisan advantage; he's not going to stop.