Or, he's just a bumbling moron who doesn't know his ass from a whole in the ground, and because he's never been in charge of anything bigger than a college panty-raid team, he doesn't have a clue how to lead this, or any crisis that strikes America.
I think his political instincts, as well as the instincts of the people who manage him, drove him to make political hay with this at the very beginning. He didn't have the intellect or the foresight to think much past that initial news cycle, and once he got his digs in at "drill baby drill" and the Republicans at large, he didn't have a CLUE what to do next. Barack Obama knows how to campaign and score political points, but he's feckless at just about anything else.
‘...Barack Obama knows how to campaign and score political points, but he’s feckless at just about anything else...’
Exactly! CIC in Mr. Obama’s case = Campaigner in Chief!
He has no experience in practical problem solving and he seems too arrogant to seek or accept input from those outside of his ‘inner circle’.