Conservatives scoff at the notion that President Obama is pragmatic, centrist or bi-partisan, but nothing else explains his decision to open up limited off-shore drilling. With the addition of drilling, Obama now endorses the same balanced plan for the nation’s energy independence that his GOP opponent, John McCain, did. Obama has already announced government support for building nuclear power plants in Georgia.
But has this balanced plan helped the president politically? Not so much.
Though Republicans like Lindsay Graham have been talking about compromise on energy legislation, I don’t expect to see any Senate Republicans actually vote for an energy bill that Obama supports. So much for bi-partisanship.
