18 months of Dear Leader

Deroy Murdock at National Review sums it up.

Since April 20, the Gulf Coast oil catastrophe has seen the Obamaadministration reject foreign offers of ships and other clean-up equipment. The Environmental Protection Agency spent five weeksanalyzing Gov. Bobby Jindal’s (R., La.) urgent request to build sand berms to protect marshes. This delay allowed oil to seep in and destroy habitat and wildlife.

After lengthy deliberations, the Army Corps of Engineers on Day 74 scotched a plan by Jefferson Parish, La., to use rocks to shield Barataria Bay. President Obama had no verbal contact with top BP executives for 58 days, even as he golfed six times, huddled with Bono, and rocked to the sounds of Sir Paul McCartney at a White House concert. Meanwhile, petroleum rolled in with the waves.