Bush incapable of follow-through

From the NY Times:

Toward that end, Mr. Bush proposed a Gulf Opportunity Zone to provide tax incentives and loans for small businesses, including minority-owned ones. He asked Congress to pass what he called an Urban Homesteading Act, which he said would provide, through a lottery, free building sites on federal land for low-income citizens. "Throughout the area hit by the hurricane, we will do what it takes, we will stay as long as it takes, to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives," the president said.

That was a month ago. This week, the only talk about legislative action has come from the conservative Republicans calling for new holes in the social safety net while the president remains mum about that - and just about everything else. Administration officials have yet to put forward any kind of legislative blueprint for Congress on the Gulf Opportunity Zone. A spokesman for Mr. Bush, Trent Duffy, told reporters that the proposal is "pending in Congress," whatever that means. He waved off any idea that "the White House would send a big 'Here's Our Recovery' package."