Obama and McCain race to the center on off shore oil drilling
Barack Obama declared this weekend that he would not be opposed to a comprehensive energy bill that included a lifting of the ban on off-shore drilling. The McCain campaign (and rightwing bloggers) quickly accused Obama of flip-flopping, while Obama (and leftwing bloggers) defended his actions as a pragmatic means of passing an energy bill.
While we think lifting the ban on off-shore drilling is just ignoring the elephant in the room (our over-consumption of oil), if doing so will allow Congress to pass a meaningful energy bill, then it might be worth it. However, at the risk of sounding too cynical, the real reason Obama probably indicated a willingness to lift the ban is because of recent movements in the polls, attributed to McCain’s support of off-shore drilling. It is election season, and both candidates are in a race towards the center.
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