It is a serious issue and this President knows it and has been addressing it even before the gas prices were this high - to no avail. He cannot pass legislation.
They are getting him an energy bill this year finally it seems but it will have little effect on energy prices in the short term. Much more needs to be done and this President knows it and would have loved to have been able to build on energy policies that had been put into legislation. You are listening too closely to the Dems who claim it is big oil that determines what this President does.
I am listening to conservatives with whom I talk each day. I am talking with hourly workers and retired executives who voice the sentiments that I posted.
Have you heard the president use the bully pulpit of his position to take the need for energy legislation to the people? I think the answer is no. The energy legislation the president says he wants is legislation that will primarily profit oil corporations and do damn little for the citizens of America.
Someone more informed than me will have to determine if oil from Anwar will reach the U.S. or will it be sent to the Orient.