Photo #2

From this picture, I would infer that Obama is receiving the news of the spill relatively well and that he is taking it seriously. He does not seem to be involved in anything though. He isn't making calls or looking for a sollution. He also does not seem to be overly worried or concerned. This picture makes me wonder why the news wasn't more shocking to him and why he isn't immediately jumping up to go down to the spill and work with those people to fix it.

Photo 1 gives me much more confidence in Obama's leadership because it is showing him being directly involved in the situation and doing something about it as opposed to just sitting in his office being told about what others are doing to fix it.