Should Obama address Congress regarding the oil spill?

I think he should rally the nation to a WWII-like calling by addressing the short term and long term implications of this disaster.

Short term:

1) Plug the damn whole (preferably with the bodies of BP executives)
2) Rally as much manpower and resources to the Gulf region to protect the coast line and figure out how to clean the water.

Long term:

1) Put America on a path towards using clean, renewable energy which is good for the environment and cuts our dependence on outside sources of energy.

like he did the other day, it would help greatly. I was glad he addressed the people the other day. I wish he would do it more and keep pushing renewable energy and keep saying we can't drill ourselves out of this. We NEED to invest in and invent more renewable energies.

There's an energy bill that's been sitting in the cooler for months that had become a political football. While I still don't see Congress getting to it until after the elections, the pressure should be put on them during this campaign about supporting loans and tax incentives for the wholescale development of alternative energy. Even if the President proclaimed big changes, Congress controls the purse string and it's their responsibility to enact laws to reign in the corporate greed that led to this disaster and open doors for a future, long-term solution to our oil addiction.

Our corporate media demands this President have "bull-horn" moments and appear to be fully aborbed in this crisis...and then will blame him for not focusing should a different or the next crisis occur. We've seen a lot of misinformation about what this administration is doing and I expect more as those with agendas try to use the outrage to their advantage. In short, while I'd love to see President Obama punch Tony Heyward in the nards, I prefer crisis management that actually manages, doesn't constantly hold press conferences. We had enough "token" leadership in the previous regime.

Cheers...

the Menendez bill that keeps on getting stopped by the Repugs. He needs to hammer them and let the American people know that it is the Repugs that are preventing that from happening. We all know that if and when BP is successful in stopping this gusher that they will do everything that they can to limit their liability and tie this up in litigation for decades. So Congress needs to act now to get this liability limit raised - and it should be unlimited liability and BP should be held accountable for every aspect of the damages that they've foisted upon us.

If Congress doesn't do this - a question - can Obama use his Executive Order powers to raise it himself?