Posted on 05/28/2010 12:12:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
As he travels the Gulf Coast on Friday, President Obama is trying to reinforce the message he pushed during a White House news conference Thursday: that he and his administration are "fully engaged" in trying to fix, and clean up, the increasingly devastating oil spill. "I take responsibility," Obama said. "It is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down."
Obama needs to reinforce the message that he's accepting responsibility for the Gulf mess — especially since recent polls show that the public is increasingly dismayed over his handling of the catastrophe.
But stepping forward with a more prominent message of responsibility is also politically tricky, because the spill is a situation that neither he nor anybody in his administration seems able to really control. As Obama acknowledged Thursday, the government does not have the technology to take over BP's attempts to plug the underwater well. And it's BP that's in charge of the coastal cleanup.
Obama has argued that the government is in control because it is policing BP's attempts to fix the mess. But as he told reporters Thursday, the government largely relies on BP's word. "It's a legitimate concern," Obama admitted.
In making his second trip to the region, Obama could also be exposing himself to even greater political fallout, especially if BP can't get the spill stopped. No doubt a presidential photo-op can be helpful in pushing the main players in an emergency to get their acts together. But if these moves are ultimately meaningless in fixing a situation, it's damaging to the White House.
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I like how they raked and cleaned a spot for the media to stand on before the photo op.
I’m surprised he didn’t find some white stones and make a cross out of them.
” Thank goodness his pants are on...otherwise, it would look like he was doing something entirely different.”
What he’s doing is illustrating to the press what he does to America every day .
What’s Obama trying to do in the pic on the right in post #19, make shadow puppets in the sand?!
” I hate the little homo sob.”
I also believe that Barry is gay.
Guess that makes us “ Mirthers.”
The flapdoodle couldn't even speak from his heart. He had the words in from of him, nearly blowing away in the breeze.
All he did was stumble through the script.
Is he looking for Sea Shells?
OMG, Em! The minute I heard of these photo ops, that’s just what I thought! Think that’s what was discussed with Bubba at lunch? Or does this all flow from Rahm-bo...total crapola!
"Look! This one's got a little thingy dingy in it ..."
GATHER ALL THE HAIR THAT WAS COLLECTED AT THE BARBER SHOPS AND MIX THAT WITH THE TOP KILL!
ALSO MIX IN PIECES OF SCREEN MESH.
...AND MIX IN SHAM WOW TOWELS ALSO.
I instantly thought the same thing when I saw this on tv, so freakin’ phony!
he cares so much, that’s the new message, sickening. Squatting on the beach and now we’re all convinced, right!
That photo-op is downright Clintonian. *BARF*
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