Where Has President Obama Been As BP Oil Spill Disaster Unfolds?

Washington Times article wonders if this oil spill from BP rig (made by Transocean) accident is Obama's "Katrina".

I decided to check the schedule of the POTUS of the past 10 days to gain any insight (if there's any). CBS News has a nifty summary of the presidential schedule on their site, and I used that information, plus statements posted on the White House website and other public news for the list below:

4/20 (BP rig blew up around 10PM CST)
on the way back from fundraising in California for Senator Barbara Boxer

4/21
regular meeting with cabinet members, greeting G20 labor ministers

4/22
in New York to deliver remarks on his financial reform plan (Goldman Sachs was made a boogieman on the previous Friday)
Earth Day reception (remarks have no mention of oil spill)

White House Press Secretary's statement: the rescue response "as the number one priority" for the President. (First mention of the oil spill since the rig blew up.)

4/23
left for "middle class" weekend getaway in Asheville, North Carolina

(The US Coast Guard reports that there is no oil spill the sunken rig.)

4/24
vacationing in Asheville

(The Coast Guard changes the story, and now says oil is leaking at 1000 bpd (barrells per day).)

4/25
vacationing in Asheville

4/26
meeting cabinet members, receiving NY Yankees

4/27
embarking on his Main Street Tour of Midwestern states, townhall meetings with friendly audience

4/28
continuing Main Street Tour

(The Coast Guard upps the estimate of oil spill from 1000 bpd to 5000 bpd.)

4/29
attending a funeral, honors 2010 National Teacher of the Year
starting daily intelligence briefing on the oil spill (after 9 days)

4/30
tours the training center for the Secret Service in Maryland
The presidential statement about oil spill released (after 10 days).

A flurry of statements started to appear on the White House website on 4/29. The president has yet to tour the disaster area, and his press secretary says there's no plan.

He's been busy, as you see, campaigning and vacationing.

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