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Emphasize this is not a cap. the people of the goal have my commitment that b.p. will meet the obligation to that. >> hes frustrated because he cares about the small people and we care about the small people. i hear sometimes that the large oil companies are greedy companies or dont care. but that is not the case in b.p., we care about the small people. >> bret: perhaps lost in translation there, the chairman of b.p. trying to address the perceptions about greed and indifference on the issue but...

Begin to change perceptions that the president is asserting control where he can overpayments of claims, not necessarily capping the leak. shannon: while we are awaiting the president and a briefing from the person in charge of the oil cleanup. one of the big stories today concerns the amount of oil leaking into the gulf. when the rig went down we were told there was a leak of 40,000 gallons a day. that jumped to 20 200,000. then up to a million. the coast guard told us it what is up to 1.6 mill...

Point. when the president sees the president in command and control of the situation. the gulf oil spill has not lacked for rhetoric or federal intervention and whether or not the president can turn around the perceptions is a great unanswered question now. bret? >> bret: we were hoping for excerpts from the speech, at 5:30. got delayed. last-minute changes perhaps? >> last-minute changes perhaps. as with much in the response from the white house and the federal response to the gulf spill, a lit...

But i think the extent to which its a factor will play out over the next two months. if it continues to dominate a new cycle and if the environmental impact becomes much worse than weve seen now and it becomes a crisis of proportions that weve never seen before that, could play a role, yeah. >> shannon: also in the fall, i want to talk about health care. that was very hard-fought battle, down to the vote to get it done. its something the administration has repeatedly said the more the people kno...

Month or two months ago and doesnt prevent the president or the democrats to change perceptions because now everyone is frozen on that and thinking about oil. right now the biggest problem is they cant change the perception of health care. republicans can keep running and running and running on the health care bill that democrats -- i mean voters thought they got without the democrats being able to change peoples opinions of that. that really hurts them. >> shannon: john, i want to ask you a que...

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But his policies are up for referendum. >> and bob shrum, what may contribute to that thinking is among seniors and other activist types, the enthusiasm gap between republicans and democrats is in the republicans favor. >> i think thats likely to this change, although not certain. i agree with mike, by the way,that if if election were held today there would be a problem. theres a new ap pole that shows democrats suddenly backed with a lead in the congressional race. thats because people may be b...

Town. the chamber of commerce is trying hard to fight perceptions. >> its still the beautiful mississippi gulf coast and we really want people to know were open for business and we need their support. >> ill get a half a dozen of these. >> reporter: the view from shaggys on the harbor is picturesque for now, but will it last? >> running a restaurant i always have a backup plan for everything, that what if incidence, and i would hope a company thats worth $65 billion would have a backup plan for ...

Slow. not much action. not many people. >> reporter: 13 miles east, most visitors to biloxi are here for the casinos. this one, ironically named boomtown. chamber of commerce is trying hard to fight perceptions. >> it is the beautiful mississippi gulf coast. we need their support. >> i want to get half a dozen oysters. >> okay. >> reporter: the view of shaggys on the harbor is picturesque for now but will it last? >> running a restaurant, i always have a backup plan for everything. that what if ...