[upsdriver]

Second, the energy issue is enormous. The leading developer of North Dakota oil estimated recently that, if we would open up federal land and open up offshore, you would have $16 trillion to $18 trillion — not billion — trillion dollars in royalties to the federal government in the next generation,

I'm glad Newt brings this up and I always wondered why no one comments on the fact that we do have trillions of dollars in assets underground on federally controlled lands. Liberals should want us to go after those resources, right? After all, isn't it about time the Federal Government started paying their "fair share"?

[annieokie]

Newt needs to continually speak on ENERGY, right here in the United States, and hang the rest of the world.

Energy is our new Economy, it is the only thing we have left in the short term.

Seems Newt is the only candidate speaking in this, and it is a winner, but watch for the others to steal this now. We may not like Rick & Mitt but they ain't stupid, they see a winner in the Energy issue, they will grab onto it and pretend it's theirs.

LOVE NEWT the visionary.