No-Drill Stand Is A Dry Hole For DemocratsAugust 6th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Barack Obama, Commander in Chief, Congress, Energy, General Election, IBD Editorial, John McCain
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Are we seeing the beginning of the end for liberal hopes to recapture power after eight years in the political wilderness? The wrong headed energy policies of the Dems have now become symbolized by the humble tire air gauge. It has been said that a politician can survive anything except for becoming a laughing stock. Obama’s recommendation to check our tire’s inflation and to get a tune-up as his prescription for high gasoline prices has now been torn to shreds by every credible source on the subject.
Car maintenance experts are pointing out that, starting in 1985 and especially by 1996, cars DON’T GET TUNE-UPS ANYMORE. Sen. Obama doesn’t know this and he wants to lead 300,000,000 Americans, command the most powerful military in the world and set policies for a $15 trillion economy??
Another ditzy Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, was asked what Congress might be able to do to get a vote on domestic drilling before year’s end and she said politicians should “Use their imaginations.”
Upwards of 75% of the voters are in favor of domestic drilling and yet the Dems will not allow a vote on the issue. A little over a year ago, politicians got on the wrong side of 75% and that was on the issue of illegal immigration. We see how well that worked out for them. McCain pulled a 180 degree change of direction, the fence is being built, 1.3 million illegals have left the country, Chris Cannon has been swept out of office and the rest of the open borders crowd is hiding under their desks.
~~John Cronin~~
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By LAWRENCE KUDLOW
As John McCain and the GOP leaders nationalize the drill, drill, drill message, the Republican Party might conceivably be riding a summer political rally.
The question of offshore drilling, along with expanded domestic energy production, has suddenly become the biggest political and economic wedge issue of this election. Is there a Republican tsunami in the making?
According to the major polls, Sen. McCain has overcome a big deficit to pull even with Obama. Meanwhile, according to a Rasmussen survey, Democratic Party identification has slumped.
As Republicans on the House floor shouted “vote, vote, vote” and “lower gas prices,” the Democratic majority turned off the lights, cameras and microphones. Determined GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell offered unanimous-consent requests to vote on lifting the ban on deep-water exploration, and the Democrats objected. When McConnell asked Democrats if they’d overturn the ban at $4.50 a gallon, they replied “no.” When he raised the price to $5, $7 and $10, they cried “no,” “no” and “no.”
