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Race to the bottom? Hayward vs Obama 

As the Washington Post posed the question about who has been least effective in handling the Gulf Coast oil spill, I say It really does not matter whether President Obama or BP CEO Tony Hayward has been the least effective.  What matters is that we need both men to demonstrate excellent leadership during this crisis, ...

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Reality TV no replacement for compassion

BP has made numerous missteps in the 5 weeks since the initial explosion that resulted in the massive oil spill.  Transparency, or more accurately the perception of inadequate transparency, is one of those missteps.  Early on executives from BP and Transocean bungled responses to reporters and others regarding the cause and severity of the explosion ...

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