CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Ten Days After Gov. Perry Asked For It, President Obama Still Hasn’t Issued A Disaster Declaration On The Texas Wildfires. Why?

A lot of history there, I guess.

UPDATE: Reader Steve Elmers writes: “Obama has given new meaning to ‘Scorched Earth Politics!’ I believed for a long time that POTUS Obama was just a bad president; I have now come to believe he is a bad person. This same scenario has played out over and over again. Remember the Nashville floods last year?”