Drill Baby Drill

[Twodogs]

You go Boy.

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

You go Boy.

OMG, are you really at it again????

What does it do for you?

Good God.

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

You go Boy.

It's amazing how much better it sounds when he says it. It's almost like he's just trying to do what's best for the country and not trying to go out of his way to make one group angry in the process.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Twodogs

You go Boy.

I'm thinking it's just a political ploy. I'm in favor of drilling, but I want to watch what's happening before I pass judgment.

Chas

[Grumpy]

I don't care if he drills. So long as he throws a few billion in to renewables.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

I don't care if he drills. So long as he throws a few billion in to renewables.

You can't square a circle by hammering on one side. To square a circle you must hammer on all four sides.

I agree with support for renewables, as long as it doesn't involve ignoring the other three sides.

Chas

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Fast_Eddie

It's amazing how much better it sounds when he says it. It's almost like he's just trying to do what's best for the country and not trying to go out of his way to make one group angry in the process.

Drilling, there, will have so little impact on the amount of oil in circulation -- and the environment -- that I don't care if this is a ploy...

Pragmatism...

[piece-itpete]

Of almost everything the Dems have done this is the most cynical. Obama can say and do whatever he likes, complete 180s, and there's nary a peep.

No shame. Obaama.

Pete

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Of almost everything the Dems have done this is the most cynical. Obama can say and do whatever he likes, complete 180s, and there's nary a peep.

No shame. Obama.

Pete

I grok the critique, but this is leadership.

Campaigns are Vision.

The two, in the Real World, cannot always coincide.

I'm good with that.

Where you get in trouble is when you refuse to modify a Vision, even when reality says that it's dumb: like say, invading foreign countries that had nothing to do with 9/11...

[Fast_Eddie]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

complete 180s, and there's nary a peep.

Is it? You could be right, I don't know. Certainly he wasn't the "drill baby drill" guy, but did he say he wouldn't support any new drilling anywhere? Maybe he did, like I said, I don't recall. If I'd heard that I would think it would have stuck with me as it seems an unusually black or white position for a guy who ran in many ways on nuance. Personally I think we probably do need to expand drilling efforts in some places. But I do not support drilling in places like ANWAR.

This move is consistent with the kinds of decisions I expect Obama to make. It's a good compromise position. Clearly the timing is an effort to offset the view by some that health care reform was a radical left idea. Throw this in soon after to try to appear centrist. But the actual policy is pretty moderate as opposed to the impression the other camp was creating that they would drill everywhere they could.