1.0 link 119463 <![CDATA[Drill Here, Drill Now, Get Nothing but an Opinion poll point or two]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/colin-beavan/drill-here-drill-now-get_b_119463.html 2008-08-18-oilspill2.JPG

The Democrats are caving on offshore drilling.

As reported by the Christian Science Monitor (emphasis added):

&quot;... In a shift on Saturday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the House will take up comprehensive energy legislation next month that includes partially lifting the 1981 ban on offshore drilling...

&quot;... On Friday, Senate majority leader Harry Reid said that the Senate will also examine lifting the ban, which now covers all but central and western portions of the Gulf of Mexico and some...

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