AmSouth will continue to be a good citizen in that regard, making it possible for customers and employees to get relief.

I think the question on everybody's mind is: When will New Orleans get into a position to start the rebuilding effort?

Typically, when storms come through, they were very devastating, but we were able to get into our facilities within one to three days.

The governor's position is that this should be a decision made by business owners in consultation with their employees and customers.

I got into this to get back to the people, to work one-on-one with customers and employees. I definitely encourage an environment to share and have fun, but it's been so crazy successful that I'm hardly ever on the floor anymore. That's hard. But I have different places I want to take this brand, and that keeps it fun.

When you have an economy that's picking up speed it certainly will have an effect on the election and benefit the candidate from the president's party.