Mccain Offshore Drilling

The Second Debate Revealed a Fatal Flaw in McCain's Candidacy

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

It's easy to take a position in a campaign. But the promises are empty if the candidate has a record opposing those very positions.

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Spill, Baby, Spill!

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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Matthew Filipowicz

The scary thing is that the Republicans want more. Even after it's obvious the realities of "drill, baby, drill" are "spill, baby, spill", they still want more.

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It's the Democracy, Stupid: Campaigns of McCain and Palin Show How They Would Govern

Mitchell Bard | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

The disconnect between McCain's words and his actions, all in an effort to distort his record, is the central approach to his campaign. And it smells a lot like the last eight years of Bush.

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Spotlight on the House: Beyond Empty Promises and False Outrage on Energy

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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Rep. Carol Shea-Porter

Our country's dependence on oil is a threat to our national security, a hazard to our precious environment, and a burden to millions of hardworking Americans that are struggling to fill the tank.

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New McCain Ad on Economic Crisis Repeats Discredited Claim on Drilling and Gas Prices

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Josh Dorner

This comes after McCain claimed last week that Sarah Palin "knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America."

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Close Presidential Race? Don't Blame the Media, Blame the Voters

Mitchell Bard | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

Voters have (or could have) all the information they need to make a choice this year. They're just making a choice that those on the left would consider a bad one.

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Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil: McCain's Drilling Rig Do-Over

Josh Dorner | Posted 08.21.2008 | Green

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Josh Dorner

Whether it's because of the 30 or so oil industry lobbyists working on his campaign or the more than $2 million in campaign cash from Big Oil, McCain is determined to push his drill here, drill there, drill everywhere plan.

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McCain's Bumper Sticker Strategy

Emily Pease | Posted 08.20.2008 | Home

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Emily Pease

The simple-minded bumper stickers are back, and boy do they look good on the rear window of a 4x4: "Drill Here Drill Now." The policy they propose, though, doesn't look so good.

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Why Does the Media and the American Public Allow McCain to Ignore the Facts with No Consequences?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

If Britney or Paris were to claim they were virgins, the media and public would go into apoplexy, but McCain can be equally dishonest about important policy issues, and virtually nobody says a word.

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Jason Linkins

McCain Makes Energy Promise Impossible To Keep

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

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John McCain trooped out to another oil rig today, looking for a future Fortress of Solitude where he can spend his next gas tax holiday, in his Cone o...

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Top McCain Officials Were Paid Oil Lobbyists

Talking Points Memo | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Okay, here's some more on the ties between the McCain campaign and the Hess Corporation, the company whose senior executives all dumped $28,500 apiec...

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McCain Still Mocking Obama On Tire Efficiency

Talking Points Memo | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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It looks like John McCain won't be backing down from his campaign's attack on Barack Obama over tire pressure and energy conservation. At an appearanc...

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When Big Oil Says Jump Off The Campaign Trail, You Jump

Bill Scher | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

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Bill Scher

Don't let anyone say McCain doesn't go the extra mile for those supporting his campaign.

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Obama Calls McCain's Bluff on Drilling

Alan Fein | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

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Alan Fein

While McCain says he's all for alternative energy, it's kind of like No Child Left Behind -- he doesn't want to help pay for it, especially if it's going to come out of the pockets of the oil companies.

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Rachel Weiner

McCain: I'll Come Back To Senate For Oil

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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On Monday, John McCain lambasted Congress for adjourning without passing an energy bill, saying he'd be willing to "come off the campaign trail" and r...

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Oil Execs Gave McCain Huge Donations Right After Offshore Drilling Reversal

Talking Points Memo | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Ten senior Hess Corporation executives and/or members of the Hess family each gave $28,500 to the joint RNC-McCain fundraising committee, just days af...

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Yes Conservatives, Inflated Tires Beats Coastal Drilling

Bill Scher | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

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Bill Scher

Obama was observing that coastal drilling would save us so little oil and so little money even twenty years from now, that you can actually save more money immediately by doing "simple things."

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Sunday Watch, 8-3-08: In Which David Gergen Collides with the Straight Talk Express and Walks Away from the Wreck

Todd Gitlin | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media

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Todd Gitlin

Washington fights sound petty even when they are deeply consequential, and neither journalists nor politicians have discovered how to make them sound as dramatic and consequential as they deserve to sound.

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An Oil Drilling Platform We Can All Support

Art Brodsky | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Art Brodsky

The GOP Merry Pranksters are planning another guerilla-theatre performance as early as today. The motivating cause behind all their enthusiasm -- drilling for oil.

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McCain Camp Criticizes Obama's Energy Policy - McCain Campaign Press Call 8.4.08 AUDIO

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 08.04.2008 | Home

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OffTheBus Listening Post

WHO: Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Doug Holtz-Eakin, Senior Policy Director, McCain 2008 WHAT: Press conference call to discuss Sen. Barack Obama's ...

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Yes, McCain's Attack Ads Are Pathetic, But Obama Can't Assume that Voters See It

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

It's important for the Obama campaign to take McCain's seemingly ridiculous attacks seriously, even though Americans need to take charge of their citizenship responsibilities and become more informed on the issues.

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McCain's Energy Ignorance

Diane Francis | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

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Diane Francis

John McCain foolishly credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of the offshore drill ban. What's he going to do when prices nudge or jump upwards again?

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McCain Is Theodoric Of York

John Tomasic | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

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John Tomasic

Steve Martin's Theodoric is indeed doing something for the sick and wounded who visit his Medieval shop of horrors: he's killing them with crackpot "treatments" while holding forth with authority on their alleged ills.

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The Loneliest Reporter

Robert Silvers | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

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Robert Silvers

No wonder there's only one reporter waiting for McCain in New Hampshire. While McCain's team has been compiling YouTube wannabe video montages, Obama's plan for Iraq was endorsed by the country's prime minister.

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The Next Green President

Al Meyerhoff | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

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Al Meyerhoff

The Bush assault on environmental protection is unprecedented -- it reaches deep into a host of government procedures and regulations, including rampant cronyism in key agencies and open hostility on Capitol Hill.

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