Obama to make statement on Isaac before hitting the campaign trail; Update: Obama speaks

President Obama will deliver a statement on Tropical Storm Isaac at 10 a.m. before embarking on a campaign tour today.

President Obama will now make remarks on Tropical Storm Isaac at the White House before he departs for his college campaign tour.

— Ali Rogin (@AliRogin) August 28, 2012

G'morning from Joint Base Andrews from which Pres Obama departs this morning on a two day campaign swing to college towns in IA, CO & VA.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 28, 2012

Hey, why not? If anything catastrophic happens, it’s totally Bush’s fault anyway.

Statement gives Pres Obama a chance to assure nation federal preps in place for Isaac and he'll stay on top of it even while campaigning.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) August 28, 2012

Rest assured. The campaigner in chief will be completely on top of things while bringing his message of hope and change and “you didn’t build that” to masses of starry-eyed Julias on the nation’s college campuses.

https://twitter.com/ReformedBroker/status/240433082723885056

Update:

President Obama delivered a very short statement.

https://twitter.com/viewofadam/status/240451814653321216

https://twitter.com/viewofadam/status/240452374324449281

Obama: at my direction, @FEMA has been on the ground for over a week working with state & local officials in areas that could be affected

— WH Live (Archived) (@WHLive44) August 28, 2012

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"Yesterday, I approved a disaster declaration for the State of #Louisiana," says Pres. #Obama. #Isaac #weather

— Matt Soleyn (@MattSoleyn) August 28, 2012

Obama: relief teams, supplies ready to help areas in #Isaac's path. Sez Gulf residents should heed officials & not "tempt fate" @ENRnews

— Tom Ichniowski (@TomIchniowski) August 28, 2012

One Twitter user summed up the president’s remarks.

https://twitter.com/CalebHowe/statuses/240451832374251520

Update:

After Obama’s self-stroking statement about approving a disaster declaration for Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal offers a reality check: FEMA has yet to act on the governor’s request. How ’bout that?