That's pretty much the best part, but until I actually watched his statement all the outrage I'd heard about it was themed around how awful it is that he would defend BP, presumably because the company is so monumentally unpopular at the moment that it might actually upset some of his own voter base.

Naw, they've still got time to whip of a gay marriage terror.

Socialist communist fascist gay marriage terror.

(On the other hand, all the Democrats have to do is run this clip over and over and over and say THE REPUBLICANS SUPPORT BP OVER THE OIL SPILL.)

But they wont. The Dems don't tend to play character assassination games quite like that. That's more of a GOP tactic.

(Now... they probably SHOULD character assassinate the hell out of this guy.)

I do think there'll be a nice super majority in November.

I just don't think it's gonna be who you think it's gonna be.

Never underestimate the power of the conservative spin.

Wow did this turn out to an off base prediction!

I'm sorry Obama didn't burst into the room, grab Hayward by the scruff of the neck, and throw him into the sun, producing a new wavelength of solar radiation that makes photovoltaic cells 10,000 times more efficient.