It is well known that Mr. Obama is doing nothing. Someone else put the Coast Guard and National Guard out there. Somebody else has tens of thousands of people out working on the booms, the oil suckers and the initial phases of clean-up. Someone else got British Petroleum BP to pledge $20 billion as the first part of a pay-back account. Oh, you say - they are doing that out of guilt and the goodness of their corporate hearts? Sure they are.

Yes, it took a while to realize the true scope of the disaster.   The wellhead is over a mile underwater.   Comparisons to Katrina are fallacious - you could see the damaged caused in New Orleans. What more do you want? Is Obama ultra-deep scuba certified? Should he swim down and put his finget in the hole?