NO ONE in the current administration is really serious about the oil spill. You better understand that.

If you still think this administration is really trying to fix the problem in the Gulf, you are either blind or part of the problem itself. That problem is "we have to make the President look good, and who really gives a shit about the Gulf... that's just a little south of flyover land anyway."

Morning Bell: Obama’s Oil Spill To-Do List | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.

"Unfortunately, the American people are not hearing any of this. Day after day, blind allegiance to the president causes his supporters on the left to simply say the government is doing all that it can. The national media, prone to attention deficit disorder when a president they support is in the White House, have already moved on to a myriad of other subjects, offering only sporadic updates on the continuing crisis.

When the president answered questions following the G20 conference, not one reporter asked him about the situation in the Gulf. Not one question. When attention is paid, it is focused on BP, which is only half the story — the other half being government incompetence or an ideological rigidity that prevents commonsense solutions."

They are not serious about the cleanup. They are beyond incompetent.

They have turned an environmental disaster into a political punt. They cannot even bring themselves to ask for help (until today - and then only partially) to fix it.

I believe it is more about souring people on oil than actually fixing the problem. The Dutch can fix it, not invited. The Japanese can mitigate it greatly, not invited.

The list is long, but asking for help would mean that the Fed Gov is incapable, and that means they would lose face. And when all you have is face, it cannot be lost on any account.