The Center for Public Integrity has just broken an important story that indicates a failed federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the report: The Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow its own firefighting policy during the Deepwater Horizon disaster and is investigating whether the chaotic spraying of tons of salt water by private boats | Read More »
The CEO of BP, Tony Hayward, is testifying today before a House Committee and is expected to get “sliced and diced” by members of the Committee. The New York Times reports that Hayward will testify this morning that he is “sorry” and that “people lost their lives; others were injured; and the Gulf Coast environment and communities are suffering. This is unacceptable, I understand that, | Read More »
The President will address the nation from the Oval Office this evening. Like many of the President’s actions during the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, this speech may be a day late and a dollar short. President Obama will have to explain why he has not taken responsibility for his slow and distracted response to the crisis and avoid his natural urge to blame to others for | Read More »
BP CEO Tony Hayward and other leaders of top oil companies will testify this week before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. President Obama has stated that he would have fired Hayward if he were in charge of BP and Members of Congress are expected to treat Heyward as the whipping boy for the Gulf crisis. Hayward will face some tough questioning this week. Committee members will want | Read More »
All eyes in Washington are on the Tuesday tea leaves to see if the Tea Party movement is here to stay. Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) may have scored a Pyrrhic victory in squeaking out a win over lefty Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, yet she is going into this fall as the most endangered incumbent member of the United States Senate. Also, Washingtonians are taking note that Sarah | Read More »
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