The Republicans are up to no good on energy… again.
Dave Roberts explains it perfectly:
The right is convinced that drilling is its ace in the hole — enough to reverse declining Republican fortunes, maybe even enough to turn a few elections. They’ve decided the best thing they can do is a) maximize their demands for drilling and b) block any actual energy legislation so they can c) claim that Democrats’ refusal to drill is responsible for gas prices. It’s utterly and openly mendacious, from top to bottom.
Yesterday on MSNBC I watched Tennessee Republican Marsha Blackburn rehash the absurd talking points that Republicans are using these days: high gas prices are the fault of Dems, they Dems need to come back from their “vacation” to vote on this issue and pass “energy policy”, etc etc etc.
Why isn’t the media reporting that Republicans in the house have been blocking the crafting of energy legislation? Why is the media not exposing their political shenanigans? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this one out, and yet I’ve seen nothing (so far) that really takes a deeper look at what is going on here. I just hope that the American people are skeptical of this whole debacle… otherwise, this could mean trouble for the Dems.
