And, when Mrs. Clinton returns to office what exactly will change, in your opinion, other than socialist control over free enterprise then?
That's because they have no spine.
Sure they have, and many individual stated have also. Problem is that the vast majority is pumped into special R&D programs and tax breaks who are actively installing energy conservation measures. You may not see it because you are not involved with the many DOE, etc. programs. You must also balance this with those who don't like seeing tax dollars going into these programs.
I'd love to see Senator Inhofe throw his hat in the ring for '08.
It doesn't matter how much we import from the Middle East because oil is a fungible commodity bought and sold on a global market at a global price. So long as the Middle East continues to have a large market share in the world oil market, events there will continue to be a source of oil price volatility regardless of how little or how much we actually import from there.
Wow, what a genius. /sarcasm off
The Re-bumble-cans led by a president that wanted a "new tone" in Washington had the opportunity to fix the big problems but in the end they all just blew money on garbage like giving billions to Africa for "aids", etc.
The president's "new tone" involved turning the other cheek to the Democrats. The Republicnas in Congress generally followed the presidents ill-advised "new tone" and because of this they lost the respect of their base and they lost their power. The Democrats on the other hand kept smashing the Republicans "up side" the head and worked in unison.
The Democrats were easy to counter. All it took was one or two of their idiot issues to hammer back on and if the Republicans did this in unision they would not be where they are today. Human nature is such that people don;t follow the weak and the president and the Republicans looked weak so they were weak.
Frankly, I'm sick of everyone in washington.
Pithy excerpts
"This is nonsense. As my colleague Robert J. Samuelson demonstrated this week, biofuels will barely keep up with the increase in gasoline demand over time. They are a huge government bet with goals and mandates and subsidies that will not cure our oil dependence or even make a significant dent in it."
[and I like biofuels!]
more: "There are three serious things we can do now: Tax gas. Drill in the Arctic. Go nuclear."
[I don't agree. Modest conservation measures could save a lot more oil than Arctic drilling would provide, and make a difference a lot quicker. And Samuelson advocated CAFE standards, not a gas tax. A high gas tax would mess up the economy.]
But: "He did bring up, to enthusiastic congressional applause, global warming. No one has a remotely good idea about how to make any difference in global warming without enlisting China and India, and without destroying the carbon-based Western economy. The obvious first step, however, is an extremely powerful source of energy that produces not an ounce of carbon dioxide: nuclear."
That I agree with.
The Democrats tax, subsidize, socialize, and regulate. It's in their genes.