What next for 'drill, baby, drill?'
Republican leaders have built their energy policies around increased oil and gas extraction, dismissing environmental dangers. How should they respond to the Gulf oil spill if they want to preserve offshore drilling as a politically viable option?
The Spin Meister at work
Overheard: 'Wind and sun -- they're cute, but they can't keep the American economy running. Now, don't tell me you're a socialist?'
Eager for free lunches
In the hunt for the Times Square wanna-be bomber, we nailed it cold. Despite everyone's best efforts, the Gulf is a mess. What's the difference?
A dead cause
An expansion of areas open to offshore drilling has almost certainly been destroyed by BP, and its pursuit for the next several years by Republicans or anyone else is pointless.
Can government fix it?
Recent serial disasters -- Gulf oil spill, Times Square car-bomber, immigration flood, Wall Street malfeasance - shows that conservative Republican anti-governmentism is no longer convincing.
GOP job plan for Gulf coast?
Out-of-work fishermen are hired to contain the oil spill. Are these the new jobs that Republican leaders promised when they supported off-shore drilling?
Not as bad as you think
On a global scale, fragile ecological systems may be safer if drilling occurs under US regulations and with US technologies.
Time for a real energy policy
I realize that a tax increase would be unacceptable to many people, but serious thought must be given to an enhanced tax on gasoline.
Follow the Chernobyl example
The Republican Party can use this Gulf oil spill to promote stricter environmental drilling standards.
Pile on BP
Ironically, Obama may be their biggest ally here. Marry him on this one. Next embrace those folks in the Gulf states who are already bearing the brunt of the consequences of the spill
No time for spin
There's no way to spin this ecological and economic disaster in the Gulf, and Republicans would be foolish to try.
Lessons from Three-Mile Island
The midst of a crisis is not an appropriate time to appeal to the emotions of the moment in the making of broad policy choices.
Will the opportunity be wasted?
Imagine the broad appeal of a Republican effort requiring better safeguards and emergency procedures for off-shore drilling.
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dareisay: Another news story out today, is that our government was supposed to have some kind of boom at these sites, that would burn the oil, right a...
James10: The standard conservative approach would be to claim that the conservatives were always aware of the risks and it was the Democrats that opp...
stevevalandra: Nothing will change. This will happen again. Think back to the spills and oil-related disasters of the past. We never learn. We are all comp...
