Have Democrats simply caved in because the price of gasoline hit nearly $4 per gallon at the pump?
They’ll be exploring for natural gas, and, yes, the Navy does have some reservation. There is some debate as to what is exactly in Virginia’s jurisdiction and what would be available to us. But to answer your question as to why the Democrats came onboard, I think it has to do with reducing a concept to the perceptual level. If one says “alternative energy,” what does that mean? Windmills and solar energy? We’re going to have batteries in cars? Then the guy thinks to himself, “How big a battery would they need for an 18-wheeler?” We’re going to drill. That’s easy to embrace. It’s easy to understand. It’s a technology we’re all very familiar with. That’s how we get the oil. We’re going to drill. And so I think they have embraced the slogan that is working. As a Libertarian Constitutionalist, what do you think of the bailout? Well as a Libertarian Constitutionalist, I think the function of government is to protect individual rights, not to protect business interests from those making bad
