Obama's Crucible: Oil Spill Isn't His 'Katrina' -- Yet

If the Democrats had done their job of oversight of drilling they could have prevent the oil spill in the first place.Guess the gal who was responsible realized her culpability so she resigned.

I can think of better ways of handling the gulf oil spill disaster. For example, as soon as the disaster was recognized as a "Disaster", most presidents would have come out with something presidential, like "Were all in this together" I'm paraphrazing but you have to admit, obamas been more interested in bashing and pointing fingers at BP, while he reminds everyone that he's the president, and he's in charge. He's been more interested in fixing blame and threatening cost issues with the only people who can fix it. I dare say he's been more interested in "Not letting a crisis go to waste". Too bad Katrina is such an accepted failure. I mean, didn't the government do anything right? or is this the unintended consequence of a campaign sound bite?

The oil spill is worse for Obama that Katrina was for Bush. Katrina was more of a failure at the local level -- the mayor and gov. Obama did nothing to protect the coast despite requests from the LA gov for permission to employ berns to keep the oil from coming ashore. The Feds stupidly cited environmental concerns. The US Navy wasn't brought in to help with the spill with ships they have for that purpose. Coastal industries will be devastated for months, years. This was total incompetence at the Fed level. People sense that Obama doesn't seem to care.

I feel like it is his Katrina. He was late arriving on the scene.Was hiking,
golfing, claims he had other people on it.Same thing George W. Bush
was pillaried for doing.

One commentor, ETTU, makes an excellent point in that during Katrina, the federal government did not have jurisdiction until the affected States requested Federal Assistance.
Conversely, The Gulf of Mexico falls under Federal Jurisdiction, as do all waterways and US Coastlines, making this problem Obama's from start to finish.

The BP Oil Spill is most definitely, "Obama's Katrina". The only action that Obama has taken is to, yet again, point the finger of blame. Oh, he claimed to be taking action, but the only action he took was to demand that BP clean up their mess.
Five weeks later.......

Yes, the BP Oil Spill is Obama's Katrina, but I expect that he'll find some way to blame George Bush before all is said and done. That seems to be the only tactic that has ever worked for him.

Notice how the liberal left media reports their bad news : Obama is low on approval, but BP is lower....
There are Americans dying in Afghanistan and Iraq under the Obama administration, but more died with Bush.....
The unemployment continues high, the indexes are low, sales were sluggish etc therefore, the economy is NOT RECOVERING AS FAST (!?).
The oil continues to spew, the oil is reaching shorelines, not enough booms and coastline protection has been implemented. However, Obama is at the beach looking at the sand and promising...

I didn't vote for Barack Obama and I can't stand having him as our president, but what does this ACCIDENT have to do with this man? What is it exactly that people think Obama is going to do? This was the same stupid logic being applied during the Katrina disaster.

Your poll is proaby right if you polled the nation. Why not take a poll in Tx.La, Ms, Ala, and Fa. I don't think you will get that high approvel

Somehow I think the Obama Administration will find a way of blaming Bush for the oil spill. They continue to blame Bush for everything else. Katrina was a natural disaster. The oil spill was man and happened during Obama's watch. It should be viewed as MUCH MORE than Bush's Katrina. La. Gov Bobby Jindal and Kevin Costner both had offered solutions that may work. Obama's adminstration has stopped both from trying things. Why not try anything and everything?
I also feel that they (liberals) are in the process of making some political gains from this tradgedy.
And who in their right mind believes his "First thing in the morning and last thing at night." remark? He said that same thing about Jobs, the wars and then the Economy amoung other things. He expresses that same "Eugolgy" about every crisis that comes up.