He's coming off as too distant. He's trying to seem level headed, but instead he's coming off as cold and lacking empathy. Like GW or not, when he shed that tear on 9/11 and made that speech, the people got behind him because he displayed the same anger and emotions that they had. At the same time, he didn't show those emotions enough for some people during Katrina and was labeled as uncaring. That's one of Obama's big problems with the spill. That, and there's been no effort to show just how involved the government is involved with capping the well to satiate the public. Add to that the fact that almost three months later, it's still not fixed.

whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."

Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."