Cheney should have seen oil moving up rapidly long before it hit $145. Bush should have signed an executive order to allow drilling on U.S. lower 48 where we have 4 times the Saudis oil reserves in shale oil, coal diesel and ND oil. He should have also appointed a special prosecutor for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac when the Dems refused any oversight in F & F.
“Cheney should have seen oil moving up rapidly long before it hit $145. Bush should have signed an executive order to allow drilling on U.S.”
The bans were Congressional bans. Bush did what he could. Bush also called on Congress to repeal the ANWR ban but they never did.
If you want to blame someone for that, blame the Dems and the RINOs (and the people who vote for them).