I agree.

As if people don't know they're trying to line the pockets of oil

what really happened.

Sometime I think that Darwin was wrong.  There is no such thing as evolution.  For evidence I give you James Inhofe...asshole, first class.

I could never be a politician of that caliber. It makes me wonder if when they are alone with themselves they think 'Wow, I am SUCH a jackass!' before continuing to act like the armpits of society.

But lots of people will still believe it.

Put up an important bill that the vast majority of Americans agree with but Republicans don't, and force the Republicans to filibuster it for days, weeks, months, however long it takes.

Give the media no choice but to discuss how petty they are and how abusive they are of the filibuster.

In retrospect, seeing how they got their nominees through anyway, the Senate Dems should have let the Republicans go through with the 'nuclear option.'

I'll believe him when he recognizes that Republican hostility to Solar Energy, Public Transit, and Conservation have played by far a bigger role in $4.00 gas prices than Democratic refusal to support only those remedies which keep the oil-auto monopoly intact.

GOP = Grand Oil Party

This is a losing issue for Dems unless they spend a great deal on information. It can be turned around. In this case, the Environmental groups should be very anxious to help.

But right now, McCain is trashing Obama with total nonsense. Time to act--NOW.

vote for cloture. Christ, even Lieberman did the right thing.

Coleman, Sununu and Smith must have a death wish, their asses are hanging over the edge, just waiting to be beaten on for this. I hope the Democrats running against them beat them senseless for this vote.

Specter again shows what he's made of, and those folks who like Hagel? Look again. Grassley and Voinovitch show again their 'moderate' label is grossly overestimated.  

Next time I say something good about Republicans, remind me to shut the hell up.

because their "base" only watches FOX news. What Inhofe said is all they will ever care to know. Everyone else is a liar, to them.

I know, I'm preaching to the choir, but somewhere in here is the key to opening the eyes of those who refuse to see. We just haven't found it yet.

Why does the Republican Party hate decency? Not to mention logic and reason?
I swear, I could never be a right-wing politician. There must be an unspoken rule between Repubs about smoking your drapes. That's the only thing that would explain their communal idiocy. That, and unbridled greed.  

The republicans attempt to create their own reality has turned them into pretzels. Even Imaginationland was more realistic.  

Reid just acts like some wimpy church mouse. Until we are willing to stand toe to toe, and match insult for insult, in a stronger and incredulous tone the Republicants will continue to act like the pricks they are.

Voted DOWN the release of 10% of strategic petroleum reserve which has dumped prices 33%,9% in the past when it was done for that reason previously, and now cover up the role and connections of the speculators who of course are very close to their Party's coffers.Two bills, two filibuster votes about serious things that matter.

The airline CEO's wrote an appeal about the role of speculation is absolutely torpedoing their industry and begging for a spotlight on it, and the repubs diss them.  "Lowering gas prices! Hah!"

That's a twofer for keeping prices high:  the Republican Senate did filibuster twice with Bush's blessing (it wouldn't have worked as a minority block unless the President was completely in thrall to the fossil fuel lobby). The market prices for oil rose again today after a week of reversal on account of this news.

These filibusters ABSOLUTELY have to be hammered every day as the utter obstructionism and coverups they are for the next several days. Obama has to fire back  some serious broadsides about his colleagues taking an antagonistic position to the American people and American businesses outside the cozy club of oil and gas lobbyists/goons. His comments make news now.

These votes have to be hung around the neck of every Republican Senator who shoved this garbage  down the nation's gullet.

is that a mistake on the site or did Harry just lose his job?

Elect better Senator's----This is the year!! Send $5 to senators that are trying to get the Dem's a few votes more---Dem's leading in 5 and damn close in a couple more----It doesn't matter where you live ---support these canidate's with a few bucks---if you can afford it, and we all can afford $5 a month to help ourselves---only a few months left and we can all help ourselves

Gosh, if he is so concerned with "increasing supplies" then I guess he's in favor of adopting the "use it or lose it" provision the Democrats proposed to encourage the oil barons to actually explore the 78% of current leaseholds that are completely untouched (HR 6251 (pdf)).

Too bad his buddies over in the House don't feel as he does...

...should find reservoir of fossilized carbon.

their amendments would ALLOW OFF SHORE DRILLING.  Instead, it's "I believe a large majority of Senators will vote in favor of amendments to open responsible access to America's plentiful energy resources."  My questions is, responsible access to what energy resources?  They won't even come right out and say it.  I won't even write what I'm calling them in my mind right now except to say they're MFSOBs.

Now, on a much happier note, for those who haven't seen it yet, here's a link to a video of Obama's speech in Berlin.  His campaign sent it out, so I imagine many of you have seen it and duly spread it around.  But those who aren't plugged in to the campaign, here you go.  

Its time to compromise, this bill was a joke of stagecraft.  The off shore ban on drilling will be lifted, and it will be a good thing.  Also, there needs to be money for solar and wind in the bill as well.  I would also include nuclear.  We need to use all available sources to get rid of our addiction to foreign oil.
Everyday we rely on other people to destroy their land, pollute their eco systems while importing and claiming piety, it is a sham.  We need to rid ourselves of foreign oil, embrace all sources of energy, including wind, solar, hydro, natural gas, nuclear and yes oil.  
We have one losing issue this year,  this insane energy policy that is no policy as well. We have none, and as incredibly terrible a candidate Mccain is, they have us dead to rights on energy.  We cant be against every form of current energy and claim to have a plan, when the heating bills come, we are dead in the water, and my parents for one will gladly vote for the party that at least has a sensible plan on energy.  We need to get it together, just saying know is making us look like we just plain don't care about the plight of everyday Americans, sure, I love little turtles and sensitive eco systems, but we need to make out only loser of an issue this year into a winner.

This turned out to be longer then I thought.

I know the WHOLE state isn't retarded, but given the 2 fascistic christianist assholes they have representing them in the Senate, maybe we otta cede Oklahoma back to TX, thereby limiting the RETARDED RACIST SOUTHERN SENATOR factor by 2.  If Oklahoma can't figure it out, maybe we otta do it FOR them.

Its Bush's fault!!!!
He has made the flow of oil guaranteed unlike any time ever in history.
Because Bush has put the US military on top of the Persian gulf  the output of oil is a record high, and going higher.
Our troops have freedom to move around the Persian gulf at will.
Unlike the 70's oil embargo that tied us up politically (support for Israel), we now have free rein with 150,000 seasoned American troops.
This has unleashed a worldwide economic boom of historic proportions lifting 500 million people living in the mud into a middle class.
By the way no Government, Govt. agency or UN poverty panel has come close to helping so many people out of poverty like the Global market and  secure oil  has.

...a true statesman!...very funny!!!

Oil companies have said it should be somewhere around 55-60 a barrel to extract. Whatever that translates to as a gallon of gas, set up a system to rebate us the difference between $4 and that. Take the money out of the tax refunds for the oil companies. Then monitor closely what it actually costs to produce a barrel and adjust as necessary. We may or may not be at the peak, but we will be SOON.

wasn't inhofe, among other republicans, the ones who complained that legislation in the congress was having a hard time getting passed because of unnessecary amendments, earmarks being attached to bills? if inhofe, and his ilk were so confident that his amendment to the bill had any validity at all. he would take his own advice, and submit it as a seperate bill, and let it pass or fail on it's own merits. there is no question now as to who his really against helping the average american with energy prices, and there is a capital R beside each of the senators names. lets be sure to do something about that this november.

Hi,
I was watching TV the other day, and that lady senator from Alaska said what the republicans had against that bill was that it had a provision that no other energy measures would be considered before congress's vacation, recess or whatever you call it. She said they would support this bill without that provision.

That doesn't seem terribly unreasonable to me, but perhaps I don't know the whole story.  I do know I would like to see something done to lower gasoline prices.