Rep. Joe Barton's apology to BP and remarks that the $20 billion escrow fund was a "shakedown" received condemnation from fellow members of the Republican Party last week but 114 members of the Republican Study Committee had signed onto the "shakedown" talking point only days before.
Comparing the Gulf oil spill to Hurricane Katrina doesn't explain the amount of damage being done to Barack Obama's presidency if you believe a new talking point that is circulating in the media.
Ed Koch, the former mayor of New York City, told Fox News' Neil Cavuto on Thursday that "hundreds of millions" of Muslims are terrorists.