On this point I fully agree with you. There are a number of things we need to at before anyone goes off the deep end blaming BP or Obama:

1. Were there measures that should or could have been taken to prevent this tragedy? We do not know yet despite all the talking heads on television.
2. We need to eliminate the ‘us and them’ game. It is not productive. We need a team jointly chaired by the USCG and BP working together and bringing in every possible resource to deal with this problem - the great labs of Sandia, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos perhaps?
3. We must somehow bring to a halt the political grandstanding that has been engaged in by virtually every politician with the exception of Bobby Jindalh, the governor of Louisiana who has been stating from day one what LA needs and acting proactively to save the LA coast despite the lackadaisical response from the Corps of Engineers and the EPA. Bobby Jindalh has been the one person who has emerged from this debacle as a leader.
4. Stop the nationalize, kick ass and other meaningless BS. We can sort that out later. In the meantime we have a job to do- Let’s do it, TOGETHER!

This is not an Obama problem, a Bush problem or a BP problem. This is a problem a problem for the United States as a whole.