Domestic Drilling
Posted at 12:53pm on Jul. 9, 2008 Winning The Battle on Drilling
D Senators Can Read Polls Too
By Dan McLaughlin
"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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Posted at 8:05am on Jul. 9, 2008 MI Morning Update: Why John McCain? - Drill and Save!
By saul anuzis
118 Days until Election Day
July 9, 2008
MORNING UPDATE:
WHY McCAIN...because the country's at war, the economy is struggling, oil prices are surging... AND OBAMA...is just an opportunistic and self-obsessed politician who will do and say anything to get elected.
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Posted at 10:36pm on Jun. 23, 2008 On the Utter Stupidity of "Drill It or Lose It"
By Vladimir
I'd almost rather believe that House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV) is lying. It's hard to believe that a man in his position, from a producing state no less, could be so hopelessly uninformed on such a critical issue.
It's major-league stupid, even by the standard of House Democrats. Awe-inspiring in its multi-faceted stupidity.
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Posted at 12:48am on Jun. 20, 2008 Drill, Drill, Drill!
By Dan McLaughlin
Ruffini collects the tea leaves (including a few that have been bandied about here) adding up to a groundswell of energy behind drilling for more oil here in the U.S. Geraghty notes some of the fuzzy math the Democrats are using to discount the value of drilling here ("note that Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer uses the magic math to insist that another million barrels a day from Saudi Arabia would bring the price down by $25 a barrel and 62 cents a gallon, while the exact same amount coming from ANWR would lower prices by a penny"), but we've seen the same strategies deployed over the years against tax cuts, and they don't work; if people think the policy's a good one, they are not going to care about dueling projections of how good (by contrast, the Democrats' pick-at-the-numbers approach worked on Social Security reform in large part because Bush foolishly played on their green-eyeshade turf by fighting about "solvency" rather than stressing consumer choice).
Drilling = more supply = lower prices. Voters are not fools, they understand that, and with $4/gallon gas, they will drill their own dogs if necessary to get prices down. And the Democrats are fools if they let themselves get painted as standing in the way of that.
Posted at 10:03am on Jun. 15, 2008 MI Morning Update: Happy Father's Day - Obama in MI on Mon. - Obama Policies Will Fail - Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less
By saul anuzis
142 Days until Election Day
June 15, 2008
MORNING UPDATE:
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY...thanks to all who have given so much for the next generation. Few people in life have a greater influence on their children...take a minute to say thanks or say a prayer in their memory.
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Posted at 8:20am on Jun. 13, 2008 MI Morning Update: Obama, Dem Victories Bad for MI - DRILL for oil here - Obama's Bump - Stealth Petition Drive Exposed
By saul anuzis
144 Days until Election Day
June 13, 2008
MORNING UPDATE:
OBAMA + DEMOCRAT CONGRESS = DISASTER FOR MICHIGAN...look out domestic automakers & suppliers...manufacturing is toast...the cost of energy will rise as coal, nuclear, and domestic options get "nuked"...prices at the gas pump will continue to rise...government monopoly services dominated by unions will cost the taxpayers more. Change is coming...just NOT what many expect?
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Posted at 8:11am on Jun. 2, 2008 MI Morning Update: MI Dems Settle Delegate Skirmish - MI Looking More Red Each Day - Sign Domestic Drilling Petition
By saul anuzis
155 Days until Election Day
June 2, 2008
MORNING UPDATE:
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS...get full delegation with half voting rights. A "fair" deal given what happened and a sad end to an entertaining, damaging intra-party squabble. My guess...once Obama officially secures the nomination, he restores 100% of the voting rights, trying to unite their party heading into the fall election.
EVANS & NOVAK ELECTORAL COLLEGE MAP...looking very doable and they say: "Michigan may be McCain's best chance to win a 2004 Blue State."
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