Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

Back at it after the long holiday weekend.

This oil spill really seems like it will never end. Now, we're hearing from BP that it might keep spewing oil into the Gulf until August. BP has a full-page ad in today's Washington Post titled, "We Will Make This Right." The ad includes the numbers to report "oil on the shoreline" and "impacted wildlife." Um, as far as I know, no oil has hit the Potomac yet. Are they running these ads in all the papers along the gulf? Or is this just a P.R. stunt.

And, what a coincidence: This morning, the President is meeting with the BP Oil Spill Commission Co-Chairs, former Senator Bob Graham and former EPA Administrator William Reilly. He'll give remarks to the press after that session, probably around 12:15 PM. Obama is really trying to show us how engaged he is in this crisis. Unfortunately, BP is defining his presidency these days.

Memers of Congress won't see BP's ad either. They're in recess this week. Yep, they're all home doing their district work (and campaigning.)

And, this Israeli attack on the convoy heading to Palestine is going to dominate the news this week. Even for some allies of Israel, like Turkey, this went too far.

So, let's get it started.