With the health-care debate behind us, the U.S. Senate is expected to dive into something equally as divisive: climate legislation.
Drill, Baby, Drill? Let's face it: When former President George W. Bush tells you to start weaning yourself off an addiction, it's time for rehab. Mr. Bush, of course, was referring to America's addiction to oil in a State of the Union speech a few years ago. So what's happening now? That bad, bad President Obama's feeding our heroinlike addiction by raising the specter of drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf.
But Mr. Obama's announcement was enough of a shocker for 10 Senate Democrats from coastal states to tell the prez Thursday he can kiss their votes for climate legislation good-bye if offshore drilling is expanded. |