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While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) publicly has stonewalled Republican attempts to discuss energy policy she is advising Democrats to back drilling if it will help them win in November.
From the Politico.
California Democrat Nancy Pelosi may be trying to save the planet — but the rank and file in her party increasingly are just trying to save their political hides when it comes to gas prices as Republicans apply more and more rhetorical muscle.
But what looks like intraparty tension on the surface is part of an intentional strategy in which Pelosi takes the heat on energy policy, while behind the scenes she’s encouraging vulnerable Democrats to express their independence if it helps them politically, according to Democratic aides on and off Capitol Hill.
In what is supposed to be a Democratic year the drilling debate has become a serious threat to the party’s hopes in November.
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4 Comments for Pelosi Privately Advising Dems to Back Drilling
*pragmatic…politically speaking*, give me a break, Pelosi should be impeached as incompetent and extreme bias. She only said that to prevent losing seats in the House, who’s rating is at 7%, the lowest in history.
Not allowing a Bill to reach the floor is just unconscionable. She would not even let her own party have a say, most likely due to the fact that it would pass.
despite the hyperbolic and confused tone of your post, ultimately you are correct. She didn’t want it to pass, because she probably feels a better bill can be passed in the near future. That’s what I meant when I said it was pragmatic, politically speaking.
All I am saying is drilling in the most productive zones now, will allow us to save 700 Billion dollars per year and create thousands of jobs.
This will allow us to develop green energy and make it more affordable to everyone. My wife and I bought a Hybrid, in less than a year the batteries had lost almost half their charge ability, of course under warranty they were replaced, but despite an extended warranty, they are not included after a year.
We paid $37,000.00 for the automobile with four years left on payments, and will get much less return on trade-in, the technology is just not ready yet.
as the article explains, this is a pragmatic way to proceed, politically speaking.