Posted by
Michael DeWeese on Sunday, August 03, 2008 11:51:55 AM
Now that Congress has retired for a 5 week recess without voting on any extended off shore oil exploration and drilling bill, it is safe for Junior Senator Barack Obama to advocate it. Nancy Pelosi abused her powers and kept any oil exploration bill from going up for a vote to shield the Prince of the Democrats from having to place a no vote against something that 70% of Americans want.
If a vote had come to the floor, Junior Senator Barack Obama would have had to vote yes, as an opportunistic politician wanting to win the Presidential election. Voting yes now though, after so much effort to cow tow to the leftists and maintain a ban, would cost a huge amount of political capitol with his base but gain him very little for the November elections.
The elections are to far away, and the American voters will forget he voted to allow the drilling for the most part by then, not gaining enough votes from moderates to offset the loss from the far left. But not his base, they will remember the betrayal and stay home.
When Congress returns in 5 weeks, a vote on any extended oil exploration will be much closer to the November elctions. Now, he proposes to support a plan proposed for an off shore oil exploration bill put together by some members of congress.
The hope being that either the bill will be so restrictive, or have provisions for certain non oil energy timetables to be met to release sections for off shore oil drilling, that the far left won’t mind if he votes for it much.
Ideally, the bill won’t be ready for a vote until after the election, and he won’t have to vote for it and harm his far left voter base. If it is ready, he can vote for it, and look like a hero to the far left, and to the majority of the public who will think it will actually allow extra domestic oil supply to help reduce gas and home heating prices.
Brain Dead Republican