Obama: It’s way too early for optimism

PRESIDENT Barack Obama said progress apparently is being made in fighting the enormous Gulf oil spill.

But the president said it is “way too early to be optimistic” about BP’s latest attempt to staunch the spill by capping the well and siphoning off some of the crude oil.

Obama spoke yesterday as he visited Louisiana on day 45 of the catastrophic spill that has unleashed tens of millions of gallons into the Gulf of Mexico.