i ll start off with the disaster happening off the gulf coast. is it difficult, in your opinion, for republicans or anyone to start this drill baby drill action. i think it s far too premature for anyone to beáa)b jumping to conclusions let alone try to play politics with the situation. we don t know why the explosion happened in the first place. we do know there were regulators on the rig less than two weeks before the explosion. we don t know why but we know they can t contain it. bp is trying everything, including this metal box. you re right, we don t know why but we know it s not contained. it s a huge problem. before we start making policy for the future we needp,s to kn what went wrong, otherwise we re making decisions without information at you re hands which isn t a good way to make policy. the president extended a hand to republican with the idea of offshore drilling in locations. a lot of liberals were upset with him then and, of course, now. i actually don t disa