Investor’s Business Daily:

The Spill: Since the oil started gushing in the Gulf, the White House response has struck most Americans as off-key at best, incompetent at worst. The reason is simple: Politics, not reality, motivates this administration.
In crisis, character is inevitably revealed. That this president has looked so inept in handling both the spill itself and the negative public opinion it was bound to bring is a testament to his lack of preparation for the office.
No executive experience, virtually no private-sector business experience, no military service, no real responsibility for decision making that has real-world consequences — this was President Obama’s resume when he was sworn in.
Now it shows in his botched response to the BP spill. From the April 20 explosion that blew up the well and killed 11 oil workers to now, the steps Obama has taken have been strangely political.
Politics, it turns out, is the one area where our young president is at least semi-competent. In the early days after the blowout, the president and his aides said little. Like most of us, they assumed it would be over within days. Why stick their necks out?

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