Obama Gets Billions From BP Without Beating His Chest

[NJmaverick]

I would suggest reading the whole article. I am posting the end of the article, because I thought this is where the best points were made:

Is the government's response perfect?

No.

But calculating whether or not Obama has a politically successful presidency right now because he has not met some imaginary standard of success is a pundits pastime, an esoteric exercise in conjecture that means very little to those whose family members lost their lives in this disaster, or those whose sources of employment have disappeared.

Reagan would have acted his way out of this. Clinton would have talked his way out. Bush would have conferred with Cheney.

Obama will think his way out of this, the same way he promised us he would almost eighteen months ago, and the same way he actually does it every single day, many thousands of highly charged synapse firing incessantly until he and his team arrive at the necessary resolution.

No chest beating required.

http://bigthink.com/ideas/20537

[Frances]

1. Obama is a thinker

And thus far he has made decisions based on logical reasoning

[lillypaddle]

2. Kick

and rec'd.

[babylonsister]

3. Rec'd. This might not go far; lots of people here invested

in seeing Obama fail. Can't have a logical, positive read here, the horror!

[jaxx]

4. Wow someone who admits they were wrong about Obama.

Good article.

K&R

[NJmaverick]

6. Yeah, it's rare but you get a good feeling when you come across it

[Clio the Leo]

5. lol, for a second I thought this was about campaign contributions. nt

[VMI Dem]

7. Alright, that is funny.

[Connie_Corleone]

9. I thought the same thing. LOL.

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. Thanks for sharing that NJm. I think his detractors despise him even more when...

he accomplishes things without a lot of fuss. The environmentalists are screaming that he "missed an opportunity"; the GOP is screaming that he "committed extortion"; and the talking heads are screaming that "he's not a good dramatic actor like Reagan". It's good that some people can actually see the forest in spite of the trees.

Good post.

[TheKentuckian]

10. Good on getting a tangible downpayment. We no elect Tarzan..who cares?