Quote of the Day: Obama Needs to Tell BP 'I'm Your Daddy'

Benjamin F. Carlson May 27, 2010
"I don't think this president has been adequately assessed as to the gravity of this situation. ... This president needs to tell BP, I'm your daddy, I'm in charge. You're going to do what we say. You're a multinational company that is greedy and you may be guilty of criminal activity."

--Democratic strategist James Carville on CNN. (Full transcript here via Playbook.)

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