re: BP/obama

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Instead of personalizing it (and I am no BHO fan), this is a much more accurate portrayal of the problems. I am beginning to doubt that the POTUS can even cut through all the red tape our government has created.

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He has the ability to ignore the law and have Salazar initiate an unlawful moratorium on offshore drilling - He has the ability to hold a gun to the head of BP's Chairman demanding a $20Billion escrow fund, but does not have the ability to demand the USDOE, MMS, USCG, OHS, and other gov't agencies to cut thru the red tape?

The problem is not the ABILITY, but the WANT or DESIRE. His Chief of Staff's favorite comment is Never let a Disaster go to waste. We have not politicized the discussion, POTUS' inaction has -