The oil spill may become Obama's Katrina and it may also become his legacy. [View All]

From everything I'm hearing, the disaster is continuing unabated. The impression is that the government is just sitting around watching BP futz about and BP has no idea what to do. The government has questioned some executives and is slowly gathering some experts to ask for help but everything is passive while the disaster continues actively to grow.

Why aren't we hearing of Obama ordering the government to take over the situation? Why don't we hear them asking for help from other countries and corporations that might have useful equipment or techniques?


This may become Obama's legacy because he seems to be taking a hands off policy. It's almost as if they are saying, "It's BP's problem, let BP fix it."

If he doesn't put some fire under fixing this soon, and it may already be too late, he will have to take the blame the same as Bush did for Katrina. Katrina ended Bush's rise to power and if Obama is not careful, this could do the same for him.