The public is smarter then they look.... but then we have the "But not in my neighborhood" effect....
I'm sure you have seen the Dem Governor candidates in CA bragging about how the will "stand up to Bush and Big Oil" to prevent any off shore drilling in CA...
Dem's...One side of there mouth bitch about the price of gas and out the other side saying they will stop any possible new oil production...duh... stupid... these two things supply and price do tend to go hand and hand....