[FlyVet]

The problem is that he doesn't push hard enough. There is a 3-minute presentation on YouTube called "The Truth About ANWR". So, it would take him 15 minutes to address the nation on TV, and provide the necessary visuals, explain safe drilling technology, how much gas and oil is up there, and what is at stake.

He is surrounded by a small army of staff, cabinet, and various advisors. Yet, none of them can figure out what some obscure guy on YouTube has figured out. It's maddening.

[Brilliant]

I don’t really think so. The ANWR debate has been going on for a long time. It preceded Bush, Clinton, Bush I... When Reagan was President, we had similar problems. When Carter was President, we were fighting over the trans Alaska oil pipeline which the environmentalists assured us would cause the caribou to become extinct.

They’ve been pushing, but it doesn’t work because the people have not been behind them—until now.

[Brilliant]

By the way... I have been predicting for years that this effort to block oil drilling would blow up in the Dems’ face. It only made sense. At some point, you’ve got no choice but to drill. The real question is whether the Dems will make an about face and begin pushing for drilling after the election. They are such demogogues that I would not be surprised. They’ll probably blame the GOP for delaying the drilling.

For now, though, they are going to try to hold it together. Flipping on this issue before the election would just open them to ridicule.