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Oil out in the gulf waters. back to you. >> gregg: steve harrigan, thank you. >> harris: speaking of the oil disaster, it appears like most americans are disappointed with the president's response to the oil crisis. take a look a. fox news opinion dynamic poll finding 68% of people are dissatisfied. they say the president did not act aggressively enough. so is imposing tough punitive sanctions or criminal proceedings against bp the way to go? for a fair and balanced debate, two communication pros, former communications director to speaker deny hastert and john nefinger. welcome to you both. >>...

Solve the big problems right now. we're seeing that right now. they're supposed to set conditions to create a better economy, better jobs. when you see every day the oil gushing out of the tank, people go begin to think, if they can't plug the leak and if they can't get bp to plug the leak, how could they possibly grow jobs? how can they possibly grow the economy? i think you're going to see republicans start using that talking point on the campaign trail. >> harris: so is suing bp, john, the answer to getting, you know, any of the support from the american public back? >> i don't know about s...

Without thinking the private sector cannot be left alone. we need the government there as the people's representative to provide oversight. this is just the falling of the berlin wall for the fundamentalists anti--regulatory people on that side of the debate. i think it's a challenge for obama, but a bigger challenge for the right. >> harris: report. gentlemen, thank you so much. john and ron, we'll have to do it again next time. >> thank you. >> gregg: speaking of which, there is an effort underway now to try to make the most of the mess and help those suffering recover a little bit. a little...