Tell me the truth...how bad is this for Obama?

[goodboy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/us/14agency.html

WASHINGTON — The federal Minerals Management Service gave permission to BP and dozens of other oil companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico without first getting required permits from another agency that assesses threats to endangered species — and despite strong warnings from that agency about the impact the drilling was likely to have on the gulf.

Those approvals, federal records show, include one for the well drilled by the Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded on April 20, killing 11 workers and resulting in thousands of barrels of oil spilling into the gulf each day.

[shraby]

1. Didn't a lot of Bush people "burrow" into agencies when

he left? That place was full of them in the first place. Until something happens that highlights their actions, they aren't noticed.

[tavalon]

2. Worry about the gulf, worry about the people and the animals who will or have died

Obama is going to take a political hit but it isn't a death blow.

[lamp_shade]

3. As bad as "anybody" wants it to be.