Florida, on my mind

White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card had barely sat down with reporters over coffee about 2:30 p.m. Thursday before he told everyone that the president was busy working to help Florida brace for inbound Hurricane Frances and clean things up from destruction inflicted by Hurricane Charley.

Card didn’t want anyone to think that Bush was forgetting that nearly 2.5 million Floridians were being told to evacuate in advance of what could be the most powerful storm to hit the state in a decade.

You may remember that the president’s father, George H.W. Bush, almost lost Florida in 1992 – partly because Floridians felt the White House didn't help quickly enough after Hurricane Andrew caused $27 billion worth of damage on the state.