Democrats finally caved yesterday on the issue of Domestic drilling in the face of President and Republican pressure. With the Republican leadership taking a contingent of Congress Members to ANWAR to illustrate show that it is not a pristine wilderness as much as a frozen wasteland devoid of wildlife.
MSNBC story:
Video available at CSPAN page near the bottom labeled "House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Press Conference on Energy (July 10, 2008)"
We are expected to believe they were ALWAYS for domestic oil drilling and that their plan would immediately reduce the cost at the pump. Am I missing something or was their position exactly the opposite LAST WEEK. "Can't drill our way out of this problem", "It would take 5 years to have any effect and even then it would be pennies" sound familiar?
FAR more likely that their now 9% and dropping approval rating along with the Republican trip and relentless news coverage on them standing in the way gave them 'religion' on the matter.
Now without the details available I still suspect some kind of hat trick here especially given they are fast tracking this to be on the floor as soon as next week with the 'take yes for an answer' slogan and that they are trying to make this sound like their own idea but I hope I'm wrong.
MSNBC story:
Video available at CSPAN page near the bottom labeled "House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Press Conference on Energy (July 10, 2008)"
We are expected to believe they were ALWAYS for domestic oil drilling and that their plan would immediately reduce the cost at the pump. Am I missing something or was their position exactly the opposite LAST WEEK. "Can't drill our way out of this problem", "It would take 5 years to have any effect and even then it would be pennies" sound familiar?
FAR more likely that their now 9% and dropping approval rating along with the Republican trip and relentless news coverage on them standing in the way gave them 'religion' on the matter.
Now without the details available I still suspect some kind of hat trick here especially given they are fast tracking this to be on the floor as soon as next week with the 'take yes for an answer' slogan and that they are trying to make this sound like their own idea but I hope I'm wrong.