Ay-Pee:The Obama administration walked a careful line Saturday: trying to show toughness with BP, but also reassuring Britons that the president holds no animosity toward their country and institutions. The strategy could be risky if Obama's political opponents use it to reinforce claims that he has been too gentle and diplomatic in dealing with the oil company.
After thinking about it with his "advisors" while being in hiding for a month, you'd think he could have done better than to start out by shooting from the hip. Again.