I agree with dillywho. Obama does not serve any meaningful purpose by going down to the Gulf to make an appearance. The only thing he does is cause disruption in the clean-up and whatever else they are trying to do. He has an entourage of 25-30 Secret Service and press people that travel wherever he goes and then all the local police have to drop whatever they would have been doing to protect him. They are much better off if he would just stay out of the way. He has plenty of flunkies that he can send and report back to him if necessary.