With the Dems in the Senate now starting to show cracks in their front of refusing to allow increased drilling for oil in the US, for fear of a very angry electorate come November, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to jump into the fray:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday shut the door on expanding oil and gas drilling beyond areas that have already been approved for energy exploration, drawing a clear distinction from her counterparts in charge of the Senate.Uh-huh. Keep talking, Nancy. Keep talking.
“This call for drilling in areas that are protected is a hoax, it’s an absolute hoax on the part of the Republicans and this administration” Pelosi said at her weekly press conference. “It’s a decoy to punt your attention away from the fact that their policies have produced $4-a-gallon gasoline.”
Pelosi’s stand may put her at odds with a growing number of members of the Democratic Caucus who have been moving toward possible compromises with Republicans on ways to expand domestic energy production.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday told reporters that expanded offshore drilling is not off the table, and that Democrats will take a look at whether states should be able to choose to drill off their coasts. “I’m not knee-jerk-opposed to anything,” Reid said.
As pointed out on Michelle Malkin's blog:
Excuse me for re-posting this chart, but…”their (Republican) policies have produced $4 a gallon gasoline”?Pelosi is just following the energy policy of the Environmental Underpants Gnomes:
“Their policies?”“Their policies?”
1. Stop using fossil fuelsThe GOP has an actual plan, one that will actually work:
2. ?
3. Clean energy
(crossposted at Pro Cynic and Circle City Pundit)
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