The Big Story: Obama's woes 5:40 AM Wed, Jun 02, 2010 | Permalink Betsy Simnacher
Everywhere he turns, President Barack Obama sees crises. An oil spill of epic proportions may keep flowing until August. The Middle East is erupting again, with two of our allies, Turkey and Israel, at each other's throats. Reporters quiz the White House on whether Obama is showing any passion over the BP disaster. Obama's style, dubbed "no drama Obama" in the campaign, seems to be backfiring.
The Washington Post invokes Young Frankenstein to make a point: Obama seems to be overwhelmed with foreign and domestic issues. And then it started to rain.
Slate suggests that, when the finger-pointing is over, the president's legacy may be shaped by whether he and his team can come up with innovative ways to contain the oil spill. It notes that, as the administration works to stay atop the crisis, it is talking to James Cameron, director of Titanic.
The New York Times' Maureen Dowd writes, "The oil won't stop flowing, but the magic has." The author of Dreams from My Father has lost control of his own narrative, she says.
More to read on this subject:
The Dallas Morning News' Viewpoints page features Doyle McManus: "Will Obama pass his oil test?" McManus writes that the BP oil spill may not derail Obama's presidency -- if BP succeeds in plugging the leak.
National Review's The Corner comments on Obama's "deer in the headlights" look. Obama took responsibility, but it was his already.
