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Republican's oil spill gaffe hands advantage back to administration
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 17, 2010 05:48pm |
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| Category | Commentary |
| Author | Michael O'Brien and Ben Geman |
| News Date | Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The top Republican on the House energy panel gift-wrapped a gaffe about the oil spill and handed it to President Barack Obama on Thursday, ceding the GOP's advantage on a disaster that has plagued the administration for weeks and called its competence into question.
Rep. Joe Barton (Texas) apologized to BP and accused the White House of a "$20 billion shakedown" for pressing the oil company to set up a vast cleanup and compensation fund.
Democrats, who have been reeling for weeks over the unstinting disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, seized on Barton's remarks to BP chief executive Tony Hayward and swiftly turned the news cycle into one about Republicans being buddies with Big Oil.
The Republican leadership, caught flat-footed by Barton, immediately distanced themselves from Barton, who told a congressional hearing that he was "ashamed" of the Obama administration's treatment of BP. |
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