Democrat hopes immigration crisis isn't "Obama's Katrina moment"

George W. Bush was widely criticized for his administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005. Among other things, Bush was slammed for praising then-FEMA director Michael Brown by saying “Brownie, you’re doing a heckuva job” and for a photograph taken from Air Force One in which he was seen peering at the wreckage.

In 2010, Bush told Matt Lauer of NBC that the photo was a “huge mistake” and that he should have had his plane land in Baton Rouge, La., so he could meet with the governor and state officials about the hurricane.

Obama will head to Texas on Wednesday for a fundraiser in Dallas for House Democrats and then travel to Austin on Thursday for a Democratic National Committee event and a speech on the economy. He has been criticized by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and others for not scheduling a visit to the border and for his response to the immigration crisis.