Given the media's focus on Katrina's destruction and on government's poor performance in the hurricane's aftermath, it's not surprising that confidence would fall. But, with aid now flowing and fatalities fewer than expected, that could reverse.
It's been a real special bond with those two guys. They told me after we won it last year that this was going to be my going-away present. There were a few times we wondered about it, but we did persevere.