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Rep. Pence Challenges Speaker Pelosi to “Full & Open Debate”
Now that Speaker Pelosi has changed her mind on allowing a vote on drilling, Republicans are stepping up the pressure on what should be included in debating the bill. One leader that’s stepping ...
Obama Complains That McCain Changes Mind On Drilling
During one of his campaign stops yesterday, Sen. Obama complained that Sen. McCain had changed his mind about offshore drilling: “McCain says ‘Here’s my plan, I’m going to dril...
Highlight The American Energy Act
Nancy Pelosi’s statement to Larry King that she’d consider drilling if it’s part of a bigger package (TRANSLATION: tax increases and government picking winners and losers) is a cruel...
GOP Leadership, Sen. McCain, President Bush Say No New Taxes
It’s becoming obvious that Democrats are getting hit hard on the energy issue. It’s becoming equally obvious that Republicans are stepping up the pressure on Ms. Pelosi. This WSJ article h...
Same Democrats, Same Bag of Tricks
Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic majority are playing games again. This is getting REALLY TIRESOME. This morning, Ms. Pelosi used the Democrats’ weekly radio address to announce that the Democrat...
The Democrats’ Oil Flim-Flam
Writing for FamilySecurityMatters.org, Joel Himmelfarb has written a great article exposing Democrats’ inaction. Here’s the key section of the article: On Capitol Hill, the House Republic...
Bachmann Strikes a Nerve?
According to this Strib article,Michele Bachmann, my representative, ruffled some feathers Friday in her speech on the House floor. Here’s what she said: Rep. Michele Bachmann riled Democrats du...
From Hoax to Acceptable Policy to Hoax Again
When the energy debate got intense, Speaker Pelosi spoke for the Democrats, calling drilling a hoax on the American people. Just three days ago, when the American people told pollsters in strong major...
SD Union-Tribune Wants Offshore Drilling, Nuclear Power
The San Diego Union-Tribune has published an editorial from their editorial board in this morning’s edition calling for drilling off California’s coast. In addition to that, they’re ...
Tester: Republicans to Blame For High Gas Prices
Sen. Jon Tester, (D-MT), weighed in Thursday on the gas crisis. According to this article, Republicans are to blame for the high gas prices. Here’s his explanation for his opinion: Tester said S...
Dems’ Belligerence Won’t Win Votes
Politico.com is reporting about the Democrats’ attempts to deflect people’s attention from their miserable energy record. Their effort is predictable. It’s also a failing strategy. P...
When CW Is Wrong
Dick Morris has penned a brilliant column on why the lagging economy won’t automatically hurt Republicans this November. Here’s the most impressive part of the column: [Clinton’s] pr...
The Next Republican Revolution???
Based on the things I’ve seen recently, I believe that Republicans have finally decided that they weren’t going to campaign from the fetal position anymore. I’ve said before that thi...
The Latest New Obama Energy Plan
This morning, Sen. Obama delivered what was billed as a major policy speech on energy in Lansing, MI. After reading the transcript, I was wondering how this was different from Sen. Obama’s plan ...
How To Spot Democrats Spinning on Energy
It isn’t difficult to spot a spinner. They’re the ones peddling fables, not facts. In the fight over which presidential candidate is serious about fixing our energy crisis, consider what O...
Do American Voters Pefer Temporary or Permanent Relief?
Thus far, it’s fair to characterize the difference between the Democrats’ solution to the oil crisis and the GOP’s solution is one of short-term vs. long-term. Here’s a quote f...
Environutters, D’s Grasping At Straws
In this Washington Post article, the environutters’ desperation shows in their arguments against drilling on the OCS. Here’s how Cathy Duvall, the national political director of the Sierra...
North To Alaska!!!
Check out Michele Bachmann’s latest post from Alaska. Michele nails this point: If we couple increased oil production with the emerging technologies we witnessed at the National Renewable Energy...
Spin Cycle In Full Operation
The minute it was announced that a delegation of House Republicans were going on a fact-finding mission, I anticipated that the Agenda Media would go into full spin cycle mode. Now that’s happen...
President Bush’s Mythical “Drill Only” Policy?
Over the years, I’ve grown weary of Ms. Pelosi’s intellectual dishonesty. I’ve now reached a new level that’s best described as total aggravation. This Pelosi press release is ...
Proof Positive Pelosi Doesn’t Care
This Sunday, Late Edition will play Nancy Pelosi’s interview Wolf Blitzer. Several of the things she said are laughable but one thing she said is total spin. Here’s the spin that I’m...
Tink’s Blog: Michele Bachmann Favors Partisanship Over Compromise
I just made my daily visit to El Tinklenberg’s blog and found a laugher quote in this post: Rep. Michele Bachmann, who has called for domestic drilling in Alaska, once again proved that she favo...
What Democrats Can’t Say
David Harsanyi has written a delightfully snarky piece about what Democrats can’t say about drilling. Here’s a sampling of that article: The problem is that when “green” fantas...
Dems Promise No Change In Energy Direction
Thursday, Democrats tried providing themselves with political cover for their August recess by introducing a phony bill that wouldn’t have increased oil exploration and production by any appreci...
Pelosi’s Voice Carries…For Now
This article by Carl Hulse says that Ms. Pelosi’s voice carries some weight because she’s Speaker. That’s true for now. If she continues steering Democrats away from an energy soluti...
Drilling Bill a Loser For Dems, Pelosi???
Rep. Kathy Castor, (D-FL), is expected to submit a bill to open up drilling in Alaska. While that sounds good, the devil is revealed in these details: Tomorrow, the U.S. House is expected to take up a...
An Activist’s Letter To John McCain
Senator McCain, Words don’t do justice to the admiration I have for your heroism, sacrifice and steadfastness while you were imprisoned in the Hanoi Hilton. i can’t even begin to understan...
Supply & Demand Don’t Apply?
For days, Democrats have said that “We can’t drill our way out of this crisis.” They’ve also implied that even if we opened the OCS and ANWR, that we wouldn’t get any oil...
House, Senate D’s Splitting With Their Leaders?
Every pundit that you read says that Democrats are united and motivated. While I don’t doubt that they’re motivated, I strongly question whether they’re united. I’m especially ...
Harry Reid As Mr. No
Every time I hear Harry Reid prattle on about the Republicans’ “Johnny One Note” plan for energy, I realize that he’s utterly incompetent and beholden to the environmental extr...