From Politics Daily's Walter Shapiro:
The orchestrated leaks from the White House suggest that the dramatic tension of the president's address will come from pressuring BP to establish a multibillion-dollar escrow account for the economic victims of the oil spill.
And...
If Obama cannot succeed where Carter failed, if the president cannot use this horrifying oil spill to summon the nation to common purpose, then a significant patch of the Gulf of Mexico will have died in vain.
And from The Daily Beast - more references to the "theater" of tonight's address:
"Obama is rolling out the full chorus line for the Gulf this week."
and
"Obama will take center stage tomorrow. And yes, it will be theater. But he is telling us with this stagecraft that he means business. And he has something important to say."
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