The New Chutzpah!

Obama blames the Gulf spill on the GOP.

I think it’s fair to say, if six months ago, before this spill had happened, I had gone up to Congress and I had said we need to crack down a lot harder on oil companies and we need to spend more money on technology to respond in case of a catastrophic spill, there are folks up there, who will not be named, who would have said this is classic, big-government overregulation and wasteful spending.

What happened to "The buck stops with me?" Is this Hope, or Smart Diplomacy? If he pulls out a pair of ball bearings and starts clicking them as he talks, I hope someone knows what to do.