# How will the BP oil spill affect the midterms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559 "2010-09-30T03:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559/1 "2010-09-30T03:17:46Z")
It seemed like such a big deal at the time . . . But, so far, I haven’t heard any candidate say a word about it. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559/2 "2010-09-30T03:24:58Z")
Won’t hear a squeak out of anyone. If Landrieu was up this year you might, but otherwise? Nope. Total silence. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559/3 "2010-09-30T12:20:58Z")
It’s been brought up in Michigan, but only because we had a spill of our own. More local candidates are talking about it. Also, some want to drill for oil and frac under the lakes for natural gas, so it’s an issue here. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559/4 "2010-09-30T18:32:44Z")
You would have thought at least **some** candidates would jump on the spill as a hook to campaign on some very real and relevant issues, such as mass transit and high-speed rail and alternative energy sources. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559/5 "2010-10-01T03:59:57Z")
Seriously, it’s already forgotten, except as a Republican issue to oppose the proposed deep water drilling moratorium as a job killer. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559/6 "2010-10-07T08:16:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Seriously, it’s already forgotten, except as a Republican issue to oppose the proposed deep water drilling moratorium as a job killer. Probably not in small part because the damage [was downplayed](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_sc/us_gulf_oil_spill) by the Obama administration. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559/7 "2010-10-07T12:45:35Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > > > Seriously, it’s already forgotten, except as a Republican issue to oppose the proposed deep water drilling moratorium as a job killer. > > Probably not in small part because the damage [was downplayed](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101006/ap_on_sc/us_gulf_oil_spill) by the Obama administration. Yeah, that’s pretty bad. Almost makes you wonder why the group that released that report was commissioned by Obama. Still, it was pretty obvious to me at the time that everyone involved was too deep in each others’ pockets. Thad Allen just reading down BP’s talking points at each and every press conference made that pretty clear. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-the-bp-oil-spill-affect-the-midterms/555559/8 "2010-10-07T15:50:56Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Yeah, that’s pretty bad. That and Daschle’s comments on how [Obama killed the public option](http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/IndyBlog/archives/2010/10/06/daschle-book-reveals-deal-that-killed-public-option) in order to appease the insurance industry and the big hospitals has certainly done little to fan _my_ base this October. “ **Slightly Better than Bush** ” is hardly a winning slogan for the Dems.