The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continues to spread and now threatening the Florida coastline; at the same time BP is trying to cap the oil spill deep below the surface. The Obama Administration has taken extensive criticisms from all sides in his bungled attempt to stem the flow of oil and his mishandling of the cleanup.
No one expects the president to cap the well himself, but the way he went about this disaster in his cavalier manner left the impression that he wasn’t in charge. Even administration officials gave conflicting answers and kept reiterating the theme that they have been in charge since day one.
If that was the case then they were responsible or gave approval for every decision made by BP. This includes the decision by BP to deploy the chemical Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico to break the oil into smaller particles thus making it easier to degrade. Eventually this had to be scraped.
The administration’s response seemed to be clueless as was the remarks at the his press conference when he stated that he was not sure if the Elizabeth Birnbuam, Director of the Minerals Management Service was fired or resigned. Even after he continually stated that he was deeply involved from day one.
The longer this continues, the longer the spill keeps flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, the perception will persist that this administration is way over his head and not a good place to be as he heads into the mid-term elections.
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