have a heck of a deep hole to dig out of. i am not sure they will survive. they have done questionable things and should be blamed for it. larry: stephanie, are you surprise aid company this big, this worldwide could be so poor at the top in the relation of dealing with the public? well, you know, if they would stop spending so much money on r and spend it on taking precautionary safety measures they should have. clearly they cut so many corners here. to get the oil out faster. that, you know their profit has been their only motive, obviously, up till now. and they had the worst safety record even before this disaster. so, no it is not a surprise to me. larry: dana, is it to you? forgetting politics, is it to you that this company failed in an area where companies shouldn t fail? no, i am nothing really surprises me with this anymore.
forgetting politics, is it to you that this company failed in an area where companies shouldn t fail? no, i am nothing really surprises me with this anymore. honestly. and you know what i am actually going to shock you all. i agree with stephanie on this one point. they did cut a lot. skirted regulations i don t think anyone contests that. i also agree with ben. it is going to take so much for them to overcome this if they can overcome this. larry: marc lamont hill, t. boone pickens thinks this will go longer than they think. what if this goes into the elections? the obama administration has a huge problem on its hands. it has to be tougher, much more clear and downright punitive with bp to win public support. it is okay, not okay. it will be acceptable from vote tires support democrats if democrats appear to be having an articulate clear plan for fixing