Winning The Battle on Drilling
D Senators Can Read Polls Too
By Dan McLaughlin Posted in Dick Durbin | Domestic Drilling | drill here | Energy | Mitch McConnell | mitchslap — Comments (7) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
"There's clearly a dramatic shift across the ideological divide in America in favor of producing more energy here at home," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters.
"I can't imagine that the majority (Democrats in Congress) is going to ignore that indefinitely," McConnell added.
He cited a poll released on July 1 by the Pew Research Center that found that 45 percent of respondents who identify themselves as "liberals" said they favor expanded energy exploration, mining, drilling, building more power plants. In February, the figure was just 22 percent.
A top U.S. Democratic senator said in a newspaper interview published Wednesday that he would consider supporting opening up new areas for offshore oil and gas drilling.
"I'm open to drilling and responsible production," Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin told The Wall Street Journal, adding that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could also support the move.
Your move next, Senator Obama.
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Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business … frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise.Ronald Reagan
mount on Pelosi. I'm sure the Blue Dog Democrats are just thrilled that she is obstructing energy legislation. She might actually provide the key help to knocking off a number or freshmen democrats from the South if she obstructs leislation for too long.
Just one more position the single digit Congress is leaving him on.
Oh well, no matter next week Obama will revise his position next week, stating he was for drilling before he was against it.
The press will swoon and talk about how well Obama said it; totally missing the point.
"Nec Aspera Terrent"
bene ambula et redambula
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".....Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could also support the move."
I thought Senator Reid said the stuff made us ill. I guess the Majority Leader doesn't like us.
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Drill...Drill...Drill!!!
Hopefully a FISA cave-in followed a cave-in over Offshore-Drilling will cause enough defections to help in swing states and force the Obamessiah back to the left.
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...is keeping all energy bills off the floor because she is afraid a drilling amendment will be added by Republicans and she will get too many Dem defections to keep it out of the bill.
"If they were merely incompetent, then at least SOME of their actions would have been to the benefit of the country."