Right/left blogger facedown on Obama's handling of Gulf cleanup

  There are two issues with the Gulf oil spill. 
  One is the problem of the spill itself, which Obama claimed he can't suck up with a straw or jump down into the Gulf to plug up the hole. 
 The other problem is the cleanup, which IS the government's responsibility, particularly with regard to waiving governmental restrictions such as the Jones Act that make it more difficult for the workers to even do their jobs. 
  One would also think the government would marshal all forces available to help preserve our natural resources. 
  But no. 
  The Hill has a facedown between right and left. The following is Ed Morrisey's right response. The left wing response is only worth reading to hear the same excuses and lame pardons that the left always gives to Democrats, with little concern for the environment, as usual. It's not about the environment; it's about CYA. Well, Democrat CYA. Let's call it DCYA from now on.

The pushback on these criticisms has been, “Well, what do you expect President Obama to do – plug the hole with his own bare hands?” Of course not. But we do expect Obama to take part in the crisis and do his job well, or at all. One incident this past week is instructive. Obama called a panel of experts to look at the safety of offshore drilling and to make recommendations for improvements. The White House then declared a blanket moratorium imposed by Obama on offshore drilling, saying it was based on the recommendations of his panel. Unfortunately, the panel erupted in outrage, claiming that they had never seen the moratorium Obama imposed and almost unanimously opposed it, leading a judge to overturn it this week as having no rational basis.