60M gallons and 53 days later Obama finally to meet BP chairman

Barack Obama has finally summoned BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg to a meeting over the gulf oil spill.

The report at the link below says Obama didn’t want to meet with BP’s CEO.

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs parried questions about the failure to meet BP CEO Tony Hayward, and said that the firm's chairman was a more logical choice for any meeting.

Why then wasn’t a meeting with the chairman scheduled instead rather than waiting this long?

The reluctance on the part of Obama to meet with anyone connected with BP was no doubt because BP was a huge financial contributor to the Obama presidential campaign.

Now, however, after over 50 days and 60 million gallons later, Obama can’t wait any longer. He is acting tough -- saying he is looking for an a** to kick and finally planning to meet with someone at BP.

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View of oil slick from high in the air

Close-up of oil on the water