# What should Obama do about the BP oil spill?

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**Created:** [June 2, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-obama-do-about-the-bp-oil-spill/541638 "2010-06-02T13:41:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-obama-do-about-the-bp-oil-spill/541638/8 "2010-06-02T14:24:16Z")

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I think he just needs to manage this better from a PR perspective. He should be on the ground there at least once a week talking to business owners, fishermen, etc. While I don’t think there is much they can do to plug the leak, they certainly should try to appear to be treating it as more of an emergency.

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