A month ago, I dismissed talk of "Obama's Katrina" as vengeful right-wing chatter. Now, I'm not so sure, but my reading on the subject has been too spotty to know if I have a good picture of how it all unfolded.
Was Obama too trusting of BP at the start? Should he have pushed harder for independent assessments of the disaster?
Is there a maritime equivalent of the NTSB that investigates these matters? It seems like there isn't; have memos surfaced in which low-level officials urged the creation of such a body? Will the Obama White House find itself in the same position as Bush 43's, fending off justified accusations of inattention to such warnings?
Aside from BP's now leaked internal memos detailing the warning signs in the days and hours leading up to the rig explosion, were there memos sent to or by regulatory officials -- again, memos that were improperly ignored?
Are there reasonable remediation efforts that should have been taken but haven't been, or have been ineffectually undertaken due to mismanagement at BP or within the federal bureaucracy?
In short, should the Obama administration have known more about the extent of this spill, and been more urgent in its response?
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