I wish I understood this mind-set and the thinking behind this adamant insistence that from 'the beginning, the government has been in charge.'

Carol M. Browner, President Obama’s climate change and energy policy adviser, said, “it’s important for people to understand that from the beginning, the government has been in charge.”

From The New York Times:

The Obama administration scrambled to respond on Sunday after the failure of the latest effort to kill the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico.

“We are prepared for the worst,” said Carol M. Browner, President Obama’s climate change and energy policy adviser. “We have been prepared from the beginning.”

“This is obviously a difficult situation,” Ms. Browner said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, “but it’s important for people to understand that from the beginning, the government has been in charge.”