I suspect people not planning to come back will not even care. It seems to me the electorate is going to be more upscale and more white than it was, but what the numbers are going to be, who knows?
He has to expand the electorate, and that's a big hurdle. Blacks displaced by Katrina, these people are going to be horribly difficult to reach.
The logistics of campaigning when the people live in Houston and Memphis ... would be an incredibly expensive campaign. This is an empty city, a city without people.
The legislature is going to be analyzed in Washington to see if these people are serious about spending the money wisely or not.