Democrats Say No Domestic Drilling — Even If Gas Hits $10 [Mark Hemingway]
Iain mentioned this below, but here's the video of McConnell trying to get democrats to agree to domestic oil exploration on the outer-continental shelf if gas hits $4.50, $5, $7.50, $10 a gallon:
This is pretty stunning and I would expect to see this footage in quite a a few political ads in the fall. I wonder why McCain isn't trying to highlight the incompetence of the current Democratic Congressional leadership on issues like this. He could sell himself as a counterweight to the havoc Pelosi and Reid are wreaking, and they already have high negatives. It has the added bonus of making the race about something other than Obama, at same time it puts him on the defensive as he has to justify the actions of his own party. Finally, his would help out all the Republicans who are running Congress and lift the party as a whole.
