Kathleen Blanco has been named one of the worst Governors in the Nation by Time Magazine [hat tip Michelle]. Anybody dropping by The Strata-Sphere would know that by know.

But Time really rakes the indecisive and back stabbing Blanco over the coals. But first Time needs to begin their piece with an outright lie:

Failures aren’t born. They’re made. Before Hurricane Katrina, it wasn’t the job of Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco to plan for the evacuation of the elderly and poor from New Orleans. Afterward, she wasn’t in charge of the federal response. But it was her job to give her constituents heart by looking decisive, steadfast and capable. Even if she wasn’t.

Actually it is the responsibility of the state to develop, practice and execute emergency preparedness plans with FEMA and the Feds. The fact Blanco and Nagin went off script even before Katrina’s rains reached shore is testiment to how badly Louisiana let down its people.

Now to the basting of Blanco:

When it mattered most, Blanco appeared “dazed and confused,” says Bernie Pinsonat, a bipartisan political consultant in Baton Rouge, La. When NBC’s Matt Lauer asked her whether it was hard to find words to reassure the public, she tried to muster optimism, then circled back to despair. “You know, our people out here are so fearful. They’re so worried … It’s a nightmare.”

And that was at her high point!

Blanco, a Democrat, was always cautious and deliberative.

Yep, she is lost with a level of deliberation that is stunning.