Peggy pegs it.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Peggy Noonan - Brief article

Poor Obama. I'm sure when that BP well exploded in April he thought, "I can't bail out another corporation: I have to make clear that this is BP's responsibility." In retrospect, of course, it looks like Peggy Noonan is right when she says, "The original sin in my view is that as soon as the oil rig accident happened the president tried to maintain distance between the gusher and his presidency ... When your most creative thoughts in the middle of a disaster revolve around protecting your position, you are summoning trouble."

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