Democrats Ready To Fold On Drilling
As Obama struggles and Republicans feel revived by the ascension of Sarah Palin into the national spotlight Democrats in the Congress get ready to fold this week on one of the most prominent issues of this election season.
Congressional Democrats, balancing political reality against a policy they have long opposed, are on the cusp of approving legislation that would open the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to oil drilling as close as 50 miles offshore.
With votes scheduled this week in the House and Senate, Democrats have essentially given up defending the current ban on drilling within 200 miles offshore along both coasts. Instead, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), they are offering a mix of proposals that would allow drilling, with the waters off Massachusetts, Virginia and Georgia most likely to be the first affected.
More bad news for the left, which hasn’t had a lot of good news at all of late.
