Of course the Progressives are not going to compare this to their perceived slow "Bush response" to Katrina. In fact, I'm waiting for this oil spill to be attributed to Bush.

Bush flew over the Katrina devastation and was called callous for not meeting the people affected promptly. Obama will fly over this and be called "responsible" for lessening his "footprint" on the ground thereby not disrupting the response to this ecological disaster.

In any disaster that is too big for private interests to handle expeditiously to protect the greatest number of citizens the government agencies we fund for these purposes need to get involved in a timely matter. This did not happen here and it would be nice to know why. Of course, unlike the flogging of President Bush, it won't be attributed to any failure of the Executive Office by the mainstream drive-by media.