I can't believe that Democrats and Obama say that waiting a few years for results of offshore drilling is not worth the wait.

Now is that why Obama went to college for immediate gratification.

Democrats and OBAMA want America go into a depression to win an election.

Just like Democrats tried to sabotage the IRAQ war to win elections.

Republicans should just kick the opportunist Democrats out the door and take over congress.

The oil companies all ready own leases for millions of off shore acres that they aren't drilling on. Why do they need new leases? McCain is in Exxon's pocket, they are the only ones that will gain here.

Get behind John McCain and Please someone tell Mr. Obama that the strategic oil reserves are for national security, not to be used as an election strategy. A crisis like Hurricane Katrina is an emergency; there is no crisis right now, the only emergency is a slide in the polls for Mr. Obama. American’s are toughing it out on higher gas prices so tell the Democrats who are now on a 5 week summer vacation that you do not like them going on vacation without a vote on drilling, and lets use our experts to start rolling out other energy alternatives. We've made the Middle East rich enough, bring the money home to the US.

ABC is becoming a vehicle for Repub. talking points. How can you run this story, without noting that McCain has not shown up for a session of Congress in six months. He's been completely absent from his Congressional duties. If Obama had said something like this, one of ABC's jackass reporters, eager to show he's not a "liberal," would have snarked that "Obama's statement that he will work during the August recess may draw criticism, in that he has not attended a single session of Congress for over six months." Since Obama in fact has been there more than McCain, the media won't mention it.

Ok Drill it out as fast as you can
but you may find by the time it gets to
market the world price of oil will
be 400 us dollars a barrel for Oil...
or it may be only 300 a barrel..
The point is this you are still going to
pay so much more you will not even notice
the offset from what we will pump in the
USA.. in ten years. time..
what others are saying is we MUST change
to other sources for energy and Now
is the time because its is going to get
to the point of wars over oil every year...We were warned years ago this
was coming and we did almost nothing
and so if you like were we are now
you all are just going to Love it in ten years time....

Hey JR,
It would help if the millions of acres actually had oil on them. By the way, most of the land is NOT off shore you are referring to.

Yesterday, Nancy Pfotenhauer, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) senior policy adviser, claimed that she had been “misinformed” when she falsely stated that Hurricanes Katrina and Rita “did not spill a drop of oil.” Today, McCain made another “misinformed” argument, claiming that oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico “have survived, very successfully, the impacts of hurricanes”:
Q: I’ve been listening to your comments around renewable resources – solar, tide, and wind – you’ve talked a lot about that, but you keep peppering your comments with offshore drilling. But I’m not sure what you think the impact on our environment is based on that.
A: Keep the microphone. I’m aware that off the coast of Louisiana and Texas there are oil rigs, as we well know, and those rigs have survived, very successfully, the impacts of hurricanes – hurricane Katrina as far as Louisiana is concerned.
McCain is wrong. According to press reports, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita “tore through the Gulf of Mexico’s offshore oil and gas fields, toppling production platforms, setting rigs adrift and rupturing pipelines.” The U.S. Minerals Management Service reported that the hurricanes totally destroyed 113 offshore oil platforms.
The hurricanes cost Transocean, the largest offshore driller about $135 million in repairs downtime and equipment upgrades” alone, and damage to offshore producers accounted for 77 percent of the oil industry’s storm costs. One offshore rig, the Ocean Warwick, drifted 66 nautical miles before running aground.

See the huge oil spill, the one that was so big it was visible from space???
10 miles wide and 80 miles long!
So, that’s OK with you conservatives? It’s alright to openly and obviously and blatantly lie to the American People? It’s what Conservatives do, brazenly lie and then call the media biased when the lie is exposed.

http://skytruth.mediatools.org/node/19981

It has become increasingly clear that Mr. Obama is out of his league. He proposes the wrong policies and then reverses himself to be in allignment with fundamental intelligence and general observations.
We don't have time for Obama to learn about the real world. We need someone who can be a grown-up president, not a Chicago southsider with a chip on his shoulder. Bsides that, after meeting his long-time mentor, Reverend Wright, I could never vote for him. If a racist was his mentor....

Back during the Second World War we did all kinds of "crazy" things like tuneup our cars and properly inflate our tires to help the war effort... heck we kept chickens and planted tomatoes in the front yard... and you know what? It worked.

There is no single magic answer for energy, but there are a few big things (like nuclear power) and lots of little things (like increasing efficiency) which will help. Proper tire inflation alone can save 10%! Now that's a lot of money and a lot of gas. There is nothing silly about that. And your car runs better to boot.

I think the best example of a "small" step, is the recent introduction of energy saver monitors... one day someone sat down with a pad of paper and figured out that we were wasting an entire city's worth of electricity leaving our monitors running. One small step--the energy saver toggle in windows--saved untold millions and didn't cost the taxpayers or consumers a dime. It's precisely this sort of thinking that McCain is ridiculing... it's a shame. Since when did the GOP become so detached from science and math?

As a Democrat eligible to vote for the first time in this election, I am sick and tired of hearing Pelosi, McCaskill, Obama and the rest of the party leaders chanting the Bush=McCain mantra. It’s not true, and they know it. McCain may not be the ideal candidate, but he is not a clone of George Bush. I am insulted by the strategy of the Obama campaign. What they are really saying is, “We know the voters aren’t very smart, so if we can equate McCain to Bush, that will push the swing voters and undecideds to Obama’s side.” I just find this so insulting to my intelligence. Can’t the Obama campaign and their surrogates come up with something else? But of course they did – they came up with the “The Republicans are secret racists” charge. Another lame strategy that backfired on them bigtime. There are a lot of things about the Obama campaign that I dislike, but their lack of respect for the intelligence of the average voter is the thing that has driven me to bypass the presidential choices on the ballot in November. I’ll never vote for the Republicans, but I certainly will not vote for a man who has continually underestimated the intelligence of the average voter. I didn’t go to an Ivy league college and I’m nowhere smart enough to get into law school, but I’m not an idiot, either. Obama thinks I am. That’s why he isn’t getting this college student’s vote.

CMSgt Preston - it doesn't matter what McCain believes. After his string of gaffes, he's been very tightly scripted.

Remember, he doesn't necessarily speak for the campaign.

In a way, its too bad we let candidates talk at all about real challenges. It just ensures political entrenchment when supporters get ahold of a few comments.

Hey Obama can flap his ears to make wind energy.

Posted by: President McCan | Aug 4, 2008
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Or air more polluted winds.

Who is to blame for Democrats losing again in 2008

he has no energy plan? can't read?
Obama's Plan for a Clean Energy Future

New Energy for America (Learn More)
At a Glance

* Reduce the Burden of Rising Gas Prices on Working Families
* Reduce Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2050
* Invest in a Clean Energy Future
* Support Next Generation Biofuels
* Set America on Path to Oil Independence
* Improve Energy Efficiency 50 Percent by 2030
* Restore U.S. Leadership on Climate Change

Foreign Oil: America’s 20-million-barrel-a-day oil habit costs our economy $1.4 billion a day, and $500 billion in 2006 alone. Every single hour, we spend $41 million on foreign oil.

Climate Change: As a result of climate change, glaciers are melting faster; the polar ice caps are shrinking; trees are blooming earlier; more people are dying in heat waves; species are migrating, and eventually many will become extinct.
Barack Obama’s Plan
Reduce the Burden of Rising Gas Prices on Working Families

Provide a Tax Cut for Working Families: Barack Obama has called on the President to enact a second round of economic stimulus to immediately put tax rebates in the pockets of American families to pay for rising energy prices. As president, Obama will enact a tax fairness agenda that provides 150 million workers a “Making Work Pay” tax credit of $500 per person or $1,000 per working family.

Crack Down on Excessive Energy Speculation

* Fully Close the “Enron Loophole”. One of the reasons our energy market is particularly vulnerable to excessive speculation is the so-called “Enron Loophole” which prevents the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from fully overseeing the oil futures market. As president, Barack Obama will fully close the Enron loophole by requiring that U.S. energy futures trade on regulated exchange to crack down on any excessive speculation in the energy market.
* Ensure That U.S. Energy Futures Cannot be Traded on Unregulated Offshore Exchanges. Barack Obama will limit the price impacts of excessive speculation by preventing traders of U.S. crude oil from routing their transactions through off-shore markets in order to evade speculation limits and also impose reporting requirements.
* Work with Other Countries to Coordinate Regulation of Oil Futures Markets. Barack Obama believes we must work with our other countries to establish uniform approaches to avoiding excessive speculation in commodities futures markets. This effort will help ensure that as the U.S. strengthens oversight and transparency in U.S. exchanges, these efforts are not undermined by overseas trading subject to lax regulations.
* Call on the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to Vigorously Investigate Market Manipulation in Oil Futures. Barack Obama does not believe we cannot afford to wait weeks and months more to vigorously investigate whether energy traders and oil companies manipulating the market at the expense of consumers. He is calling on the FTC to immediately expedite its investigation into market manipulation, including in the oil futures markets.

Enact a Windfall Profits Tax on the Top Grossing Oil Companies and Ease the Burden on American Families: The oil industry has profited greatly—over $150 billion in 2007—due to global instability fueled by conflict in Iraq, failing domestic fiscal policies that have weakened the U.S. dollar and skyrocketing global demand resulting from a lack of investment in alternatives. Barack Obama supports imposing a windfall profits penalty on oil selling at or over $80 per barrel. Revenue from the proposal will be invested in a number of measures to reduce the burden of rising prices on families.

Require Oil Companies to Use Existing Drilling Leases: The 68 million acres of stockpiled leases have the potential to produce an additional 4.8 million barrels of oil each day. This would nearly double total U.S. oil production. The Obama plan would force oil and gas companies to either produce or pay a fee on unused federal onshore and offshore leases they are stockpiling.

End Oil and Gas Industry Tax Breaks: Obama has called for repealing the oil and gas industry tax breaks that President Bush himself has said himself are unnecessary given today’s strong market incentive for expanding exploration and production.

Cooperate with Oil Importing Nations to Reduce Demand: As new large oil importing nations come on the market, the United States is at the mercy of an ever more volatile oil market. Obama believes we should use existing organizations, like NATO, to make energy security a shared global goal. We should take steps to engage the largest new consumers, China and India, including by inviting them to join the International Energy Agency.
Reduce Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2050

* Cap and Trade: Obama supports implementation of a market-based cap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions by the amount scientists say is necessary: 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. Obama's cap-and-trade system will require all pollution credits to be auctioned. A 100 percent auction ensures that all polluters pay for every ton of emissions they release, rather than giving these emission rights away to coal and oil companies. Some of the revenue generated by auctioning allowances will be used to support the development of clean energy, to invest in energy efficiency improvements, and to address transition costs, including helping American workers affected by this economic transition.
* Confront Deforestation and Promote Carbon Sequestration: Obama will develop domestic incentives that reward forest owners, farmers, and ranchers when they plant trees, restore grasslands, or undertake farming practices that capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Invest in a Clean Energy Future

* Invest $150 Billion over 10 Years in Clean Energy: Obama will invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial-scale renewable energy, invest in low-emissions coal plants, and begin the transition to a new digital electricity grid. A principal focus of this fund will be devoted to ensuring that technologies that are developed in the U.S. are rapidly commercialized in the U.S. and deployed around the globe.
* Double Energy Research and Development Funding: Obama will double science and research funding for clean energy projects including those that make use of our biomass, solar and wind resources.
* Invest in a Skilled Clean Technologies Workforce: Obama will use proceeds from the cap-and-trade auction program to invest in job training and transition programs to help workers and industries adapt to clean technology development and production. Obama will also create an energy-focused Green Jobs Corps to connect disconnected and disadvantaged youth with job skills for a high-growth industry.
* Convert our Manufacturing Centers into Clean Technology Leaders: Obama will establish a federal investment program to help manufacturing centers modernize and Americans learn the new skills they need to produce green products.
* Clean Technologies Deployment Venture Capital Fund: Obama will create a Clean Technologies Venture Capital Fund to fill a critical gap in U.S. technology development. Obama will invest $10 billion per year into this fund for five years. The fund will partner with existing investment funds and our National Laboratories to ensure that promising technologies move beyond the lab and are commercialized in the U.S
* Require 25 Percent of Renewable Electricity by 2025: Obama will establish a 25 percent federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to require that 25 percent of electricity consumed in the U.S. is derived from clean, sustainable energy sources, like solar, wind and geothermal by 2025.
* Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology: Obama will significantly increase the resources devoted to the commercialization and deployment of low-carbon coal technologies. Obama will consider whatever policy tools are necessary, including standards that ban new traditional coal facilities, to ensure that we move quickly to commercialize and deploy low carbon coal technology.

Support Next Generation Biofuels

* Deploy Cellulosic Ethanol: Obama will invest federal resources, including tax incentives, cash prizes and government contracts into developing the most promising technologies with the goal of getting the first two billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol into the system by 2013.
* Expand Locally-Owned Biofuel Refineries: Less than 10 percent of new ethanol production today is from farmer-owned refineries. New ethanol refineries help jumpstart rural economies. Obama will create a number of incentives for local communities to invest in their biofuels refineries.
* Establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Barack Obama will establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard to speed the introduction of low-carbon non-petroleum fuels. The standard requires fuels suppliers to reduce the carbon their fuel emits by ten percent by 2020.
* Increase Renewable Fuel Standard: Obama will require 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels to be included in the fuel supply by 2022 and will increase that to at least 60 billion gallons of advanced biofuels like cellulosic ethanol by 2030.

Set America on Path to Oil Independence

Obama's plan will reduce oil consumption by at least 35 percent, or 10 million barrels per day, by 2030. This will more than offset the equivalent of the oil we would import from OPEC nations in 2030.

* Increase Fuel Economy Standards: Obama will double fuel economy standards within 18 years. His plan will provide retooling tax credits and loan guarantees for domestic auto plants and parts manufacturers, so that they can build new fuel-efficient cars rather than overseas companies. Obama will also invest in advanced vehicle technology such as advanced lightweight materials and new engines.

Improve Energy Efficiency 50 Percent by 2030

* Set National Building Efficiency Goals: Barack Obama will establish a goal of making all new buildings carbon neutral, or produce zero emissions, by 2030. He'll also establish a national goal of improving new building efficiency by 50 percent and existing building efficiency by 25 percent over the next decade to help us meet the 2030 goal.
* Establish a Grant Program for Early Adopters: Obama will create a competitive grant program to award those states and localities that take the first steps to implement new building codes that prioritize energy efficiency.
* Invest in a Digital Smart Grid: Obama will pursue a major investment in our utility grid to enable a tremendous increase in renewable generation and accommodate modern energy requirements, such as reliability, smart metering, and distributed storage

Restore U.S. Leadership on Climate Change

* Create New Forum of Largest Greenhouse Gas Emitters: Obama will create a Global Energy Forum — that includes all G-8 members plus Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa –the largest energy consuming nations from both the developed and developing world. The forum would focus exclusively on global energy and environmental issues.
* Re-Engage with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: The UNFCCC process is the main international forum dedicated to addressing the climate problem and an Obama administration will work constructively within it.

Barack Obama's Record

* Renewable Fuels: Obama has worked on numerous efforts in the Senate to increase access to and use of renewable fuels. Obama passed legislation with Senator Jim Talent (R-MO) to give gas stations a tax credit for installing E85 ethanol refueling pumps. The tax credit covers 30 percent of the costs of switching one or more traditional petroleum pumps to E85, which is an 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline blend. Obama also sponsored an amendment that became law providing $40 million for commercialization of a combined flexible fuel vehicle/hybrid car within five years.
* CAFE: Obama introduced a bold new plan that brought Republicans and Democrats, CAFE supporters and long-time opponents together in support of legislation that will gradually increase fuel economy standards and offer what the New York Times editorial page called "real as opposed to hypothetical results."

MCCAIN'S FAMILY ON HIS MOTHER'S SIDE IS BIG OIL... DO YOUR RESEARCH.

McCain and his handlers know full well that this is a complete shuck since there will be no effect on oil prices for at least ten years and even then it will be minimal. This is a gut issue and until the mass media make a serious effort to educate the public about the actual effects of off-shore drilling this will remain a hot-button for the McCain-Rove-Bush team as they continue to exploit the ignorance of the voters and smear Obama. Business as usual.

Poor Johnny McCain - relegated to doing the bidding for big oil. He's looking to rake in more slimy dollars from the industry to fuel his "low road express" campaign. Sad. Sad. Johnny's become such a tool.

McCain is right again. We need to drill off-shore and tap into our resources, while seeking renewable energy solutions with wind, water, and solar power. The clean power should be the highest priority for the long-term.