What is certain in energy policy is that we have learned a few clear lessons along the way. Somehow all of them seem to have escaped my opponent. He says that high oil prices are not the problem, but only that they rose too quickly. He's doesn't support new domestic production. He doesn't support new nuclear plants. He doesn't support more traditional use of coal, either.
So presumably McCain supports both of these. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
So presumably McCain supports both of these this week.
Fixed.
Shrug. Let him buddy-up with Junior over this. It's a freebie. Even the national press is getting in on it now. The flip-flopping is just too blatant at this point. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
President Bush Presses Congress To Lift Offshore Drilling Ban WASHINGTON -- President Bush asked Congress to lift bans on offshore oil drilling in a statement Wednesday morning, the White House said. Mr. Bush's request for more domestic energy production is not new, but the call takes on renewed urgency as consumers struggle with soaring gasoline prices. "There is no excuse for delay," the president said in a statement in the Rose Garden. With the presidential election on the horizon, Mr. Bush blamed Democratic lawmakers for opposing his energy policies and for high gasoline costs. "Families across the country are looking to Washington for a response," Mr. Bush said.
WASHINGTON -- President Bush asked Congress to lift bans on offshore oil drilling in a statement Wednesday morning, the White House said.
Mr. Bush's request for more domestic energy production is not new, but the call takes on renewed urgency as consumers struggle with soaring gasoline prices.
"There is no excuse for delay," the president said in a statement in the Rose Garden. With the presidential election on the horizon, Mr. Bush blamed Democratic lawmakers for opposing his energy policies and for high gasoline costs. "Families across the country are looking to Washington for a response," Mr. Bush said.
