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President Obama’s critics want from him in responding to the BP
oil blowout. The federal government certainly does not have the
expertise to plug it. Does anyone really want the feds take over
the operation? Do you want to run BP’s plans through the
bureaucracy for approval?         There is all this angst about
how helpless we are. There never has been a backup plan for a
blown deep well. A well that blew out off Australia in August
2009 wasn’t plugged for almost 2 ½ months and that was in
shallow water. Nobody has ever attempted to do anything close to
plugging a well at 5,000 feet. Why is the failure to do so
quickly a shock or indication of national impotence?        So
what exactly should Obama do?        According to Democratic
strategist James Carville, he needs to tell BP “I’m your
daddy.’’       And that will accomplish what?       NY Times
columnist Maureen Dowd demands Obama emote and feel our pain.
Maybe go clean off an oily bird with a