I’m just going to take a wild guess, but B.O. is probably not very popular in the Gulf States? Coming election was not going to be good, BEFORE the oil spill...
One of the prettiest sounds on earth is the Muslim call to prayer at sunset.
Barack Hussein Obama as quoted by Nicholas D. Kristof in the New York Times - March 6, 2007
And I'm going to take a wild guess that the simple fact that all 5 gulf states have Republican governors has absolutely nothing to do with the administration's foot dragging.
"When a small man casts a big shadow, it means the Sun is getting ready to set" ~ Chinese proverb