[humblegunner]

Americans want to hear a conversation about who is going to get this country back working again,” Perry said on NBC’s “Today Show” this morning.

I made a point to watch that this morning.

Perry didn't do too badly and laid a lot of blame at the feet of the EPA.

It's was good to hear.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Daniel J. Weiss, a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress Action Fund, said that in going after jobs tied to oil and gas exploration and rolling back environmental regulations, Perry would be thwarting promising jobs tied to clean energy.

Yeah that's turned out so well.

“Poll after poll shows that’s not where the American people are,” she said. “They do not believe that jobs are tied to weakening environmental protections and taking the environmental cop off the beat.”

BS Everyone has an invested interest in clean air but not taking away Americas energy sources and proven jobs, not some lame brain algore schemes. They just need to be tweaked.

[dps.inspect]

The man speaks publicly in a halting maner, giving the listener the feeling that he has to search for the next word, which leaves the listener with a sense of unease; "does this guy have what it takes to take on a prolific truth bender as Obama?".

Perry has performed poorly in debates; to defend himself regarding his Texas in state tuition for illegals, he resorted to school yard tactics by saying those who disagreed were heartless. He could not give a convincing argument, but merely resorted to name calling. The man has shown again and again, that his thoughts run shallow, though he may have a big heart. Of course, Obama never had to explain Hope and Change, but then again, things work differently for the liberal than they do the conservative... maybe that's why Perry is having a hard time... he was once a Democrat.

[Recon Dad]

“There’s 300 years worth of reserves underneath the land of America, and that’s how we’re going to get America working again.”

I don't disagree with any of this what I have a problem with is that this is an energy policy not an economic policy. As Zero expected all his “shovel ready” spending to pull the country out of the slide we are in Perry is playing energy the same way.

Drilling rigs, refineries, skilled work force, pipelines etc it's not in place and will take years. The idea oil and Gas gushing out of every corner of the country is something I want to see.

What happens if we could pump 20 or 22 million bbl a day and fill all our needs. What happens to the price of oil when the millions of bbl’s from Canada and Mexico are no longer needed, they're going someplace.

It seems a little more complicated then “Drill baby drill.

[Dudoight]

And among the desirable outcomes of drilling in the USA, the price of oil per barrel could cause economic chaos and collapse in IRAN. Get oil below $75 per barrel and Iran has big problems.

One way to defeat Iran without war.

[Arrowhead1952]

and rolling back environmental regulations, Perry would be thwarting promising jobs tied to clean energy.

Yeah, that worked out so well with the Solandra clean energy project. The terms "clean energy" or "green jobs" should be banned. I know a solar panel project here that was paid for by tax dollars that puts out zero volts because the panels were laid too flat. BUT, the employees have nice and expensive carports to park under now.