Standing amid piles of waterlogged debris in Baton Rouge, President Obama on Tuesday promised a sustained national effort to rebuild flood-ravaged southern Louisiana — “even after the TV cameras leave” — on a visit aimed in part at stemming campaign-season criticism that he’s been too slow to respond to the disaster.

As he toured a battered neighborhood, Obama reassured residents that the federal response would be robust and tried to buck up beleaguered residents, many of whom have said they feel their plight has been ignored both by national officials and the mainstream media.(nypost.com)…[+]