This is a terrible disaster, and there is no doubt that the government has reacted too slowly to it.
I expect a large, visible response soon in an attempt to counteract the damage already done, followed by a quick politically-motivated re-evaluation of the offshore drilling plan. I think putting future drilling plans on hold until we can definitively figure out how to avoid another disaster is good, but I wish the response to this was better.
No one in DC cares about the Gulf of Mexico, it’s all gun clutching rednecks after all, right ?