Of course. Once he learned it was a Democrat the huge, burning issue was no longer of any importance.
Don’t worry, by next week the MSM will have turned it into the Republicans calling for the draft. They’re getting their “issues” lined up in preparation for the mid-term election. Gas prices will start falling at the end of the summer. Democrats in contested states will have properly distanced themselves from Obama and Obamacare. The media is being properly silent about the news blackout from the Gulf.
Sorry to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it’s all part of “the plan”.