Charles Krauthammer once again nails the truth to the wall.
Democrats and the American people have been ill-served on energy by the blind, tone-deaf Democratic leadership. Congressional Democrats fled for home, looking like cowards as well as stupid and out of touch.
So Pelosi now is passing the word that her people can vote for drilling.
The problem for the Democrats is that the argument for "do everything" is not rocket science. It is common sense. Which is why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, surveying the political rubble resulting from her insistence on not even permitting drilling to come to a floor vote, has quietly told her members that they can save their skins and vote for drilling when the pre-election Congress convenes next month. Pelosi says she wants to save the planet. Apparently saving her speakership comes first.
The Republicans who ditched their vacations to stay on the House floor demanding a vote on drilling have won. Despite Pelosi cutting off television, microphones and lights, the message got out to the American people. ThIs Democratic leadership of Pelosi-Obama-Reid, as President Clinton would have said, does not “feel your pain.”
Now they are feeling their own.
