Gulf Spill Cap Won't Save Obama's Political Disaster

At Politico, "Obama: Oil disaster not over yet."

A day after BP temporarily capped its leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama welcomed the development as “good news” but cautioned Friday that the largest oil disaster in US history is far from over.

“It's important that we don't get ahead of ourselves here,” said Obama, speaking from the Rose Garden before departing to Maine. “You know, one of the problems with having this camera down there [in the Gulf] is that when the oil stops gushing, everybody feels like we're done, and we're not.”

BP finally restrained the growing environmental catastrophe Thursday by placing a tighter sealing cap over the sunken Deepwater Horizon rig that’s been spurting oil into the ocean since April 20. After the cap was installed, the live video feed of oil and gas billowing from the broken pipe on the ocean floor showed the leak gradually slowing before it stopped completely.

It's doubtful that Obama political disaster is over yet, despite declining news coverage of the oil spill:

Remember this week's polling, "Confidence in Obama reaches new low, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds." And it's off to the Maine vacation, and that's after Michelle Obama's exhortation that Americans holiday in the Gulf States. "Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Michelle Obama Encourages Americans to Vacation in Gulf, Obama Family Takes Mini-Vacation to Maine."

Fail.