When George W. Bush was elected I knew what to expect, mostly: I knew there was going to be a war, the tax cuts, the bubble. That was all on schedule. The most unpredictable thing during those eight years was his administration's response to the Katrina disaster in New Orleans. Just deciding to let a major American city drown seemed unthinkable as it was happening, and as it was happening we were all watching, thinking: "They are letting this happen. They're not going to help