By Heather Horn of The Atlantic Wire
BP Chief Tony Hayward is scheduled to appear before Congress at 10 a.m. Thursday, a day after meeting with President Obama and promising a $20 billion compensation fund for the oil spill in the Gulf. Suggestions for how to punish BP and predictions for how the hearing will go are plentiful. The Washington Post’s Steven Pearlstein ‘s idea that what’s needed right now is a show of cooperation on the spill–“The Barack and Tony Show”–raises an interesting question: as we’re about to see more of him, what do we know about Tony Hayward? Who is this man headed in for a tongue-lashing by legislators?
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