(newsbusters)  On Saturday, the Associated Press informed its readers that President Obama cannot be expected to focus all of his attention on the Gulf Coast oil spill.

The reason? Presidents have to juggle a number of pressing issues at a time, and what with America being in a recession, Obama simply can't afford to give sole focus to this disaster.

Too bad the AP wasn't so understanding in 2005 when President Bush was perceived as being detached from the suffering in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Back then, the wire service was quick to mention vacation plans and peddle accusations of the federal government not caring about the poor.

But what a difference with a Democrat in the White House: as BP's efforts to plug the leak continue to fail, there is increasing danger of Americans putting partial blame on an ineffective government - and we just can't have that.

The AP's Ben Feller helpfully published a reminder that there's more going on in the world than oil pumping into the water in the Gulf.

Suddenly after years of ignoring the constant threat of terror, it dawned on the AP that keeping America safe is kind of a full time job.

Obama is concerned with swaying Republicans to vote for finance reform, the election in November, and a diplomat visiting the White House next week - so obviously those things are important enough to distract the president from the worst oil spill in America's history.

Oh, and there's also this pesky detail of allegations that the White House offered a job as a bribe to a Congressman. Feller mentioned it as another distraction while downplaying its serious nature:

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