It goes with the territory. You sit in the big chair, you get the credit and the blame. Part of it is horrible timing: he decides to support increased offshore drilling , which really irritated part of his base and two weeks (?) later the BP thing happens.
The other part of it is that of course the opposition will seize on anything to use against him, no matter what. They don't care about whether it's in good faith or not.
Exactly. Right now I am reading David Remnick's biography in which Obama, in office says he doesn't understand why anyone would want this job for two terms, but that he is going to run in 2012 because he thinks the dividends for what he is doing and the "crap" (his word) he is taking will all pay off after 2012, and he doesn't want Mitt Romney (his apparent anticipated opponent) taking credit for it.
