True, but it will place them in the hot seat when they're asked to explain why they won't let us drill for more oil. No one's going to be surprised to see them continue to try and deflect blame from themselves (e.g., the oil exec hearings, speculator legislation, etc.) The GOP must make some political hay from this and point out that, under Pelosi's control, gas has risen from $2.56 to $4/gallon. The GOP almost must blunt the Greenie response and point out that their position will shut down the economic system.
Their talking points now is that the oil companies have 68 million acres to drill on that they aren’t using. The media is dutifully passing this pap to the American people. Of course they don’t mention that most of this land has already been tested and came up empty or not enough oil to fool with and they are just waiting for the leases to expire. So far this has went mostly unchallenged by the Republicans.
“under Pelosi’s control, gas has risen from $2.56 to $4/gallon”
Didn’t she promise that gas prices would go lower during her campaign?