DemCong on Offshore Drilling Ban: UNCLE!

September 23, 2008 Election 2008, Energy, News, Opinion, Presidential Candidates, Presidential Politics, The Do-Nothing Congress, The Economy, U.S. House, US Senate View Comments

Democrat hopes of using a bill that partially lifted the ban on offshore drilling as a campaign tool has been shown for what it is – smoke and mirrors election year trickery. If by chance it survived the Senate and made it to the President’s desk it would have had the life expectancy of a mosquito in a bug zapper. And I think it is understood that there isn’t a snowball’s chance in Satanland of the DemCong over-riding his veto because the required votes simply do not exist.

The Democrats’ excuse for their capitulation is a result of their finally understanding reality. They know that anything that goes to the President which continues the moratorium on drilling, including that sham of a bill passed by SanFran Nan’s libtarded House, would be sent back to the Congress with red ink all over it. Reality is unless the ban is lifted or allowed to expire the government will have to take a vacation and Republicans would be able to capitalize on the ineffectiveness of the 110th Do-Nothing Congress.

House Minority Leader John Boehner said…

If true, this capitulation by Democrats following months of Republican pressure is a big victory for Americans struggling with record gasoline prices.

Now the end of the moratorium will not mean that drilling will commence any time soon. Congress, still controlled by the Democrats, would have to approve royalty sharing with the states in order for the state governments to allow drilling to begin. That won’t happen. In a sense the defacto ban would still be in place.

ON THE OTHER HAND…

What if Congress changes hands? Or maybe just one house changes hands? Royalty sharing could be on the table especially if McCain were to win the Presidency as he has made it a campaign pledge.

Prediction…

I see gas prices falling in the next week or so as we saw after President Bush’s executive order lifting the executive ban. Just that one simple indicator was enough to drive down price at the pump nearly 30 cents per gallon in 6 weeks. Imagine when all the barriers are gone.

Campaign impact…

McCain needs to push forward with the differences in the philosophies between the Parties. He needs to inform as many as he can that the Do-Nothing DemCong wanted to cloud the issue with a smoke and mirrors bill. He needs to point out that the Dems are happy to be in the control of countries that aren’t our friends. They are happy as long as their allies in the environmental lobby are happy. Environmentalism equals energy dependence and McCain needs to use this in order to capitalize on the philosophical differences.

It is no secret that the vast majority of Americans want to drill American oil in order to eliminate our dependency. The DemCong blinked first. Now it is time for Republicans to capitalize on their weakness.

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