The Oil Spill: What kind of political advice/arguments do you think Obama's advisors are having?

[CreekDog]

I can just imagine:

1) you should be front and center

2) no, you don't want that because then you will be associated with the issue and it will make you look bad.

what i hate most is that i'm probably right.

what i don't know is how he is reacting and how he is deciding what to do.

[tekisui]

1. I hope they are talking about how they will use this as

a teachable moment. No more offshore rigs and a move to get off oil.

And, to show that capitalism cannot function without serious regulation and oversight (which has been lacking for decades).

[polichick]

2. The problem may be that Obama is thinking politically instead of as...

...the leader of this country.

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. I don' think he's thinking as the leader of the country...

....unless he's thinking politically.

If we had a proper, tame monarch, he or she could make the requisite speeches.

We've only got the one guy, though.