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.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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