[popdonnelly]

“The consensus is that there should not be drilling in the refuge,"

Consensus of who? Markey is showing his dependence on the enviro-whackos.

[Tzimisce]

According to every poll I've seen, Alaskans *and the Eskimos* want drilling in Anwar.

Rich white liberals from California and New York are opposed.....

[Thommas]

For six years the Republican Congress and President Bush tiptoed around this issue, humming and hawing about how this may be a good plan. After dragging their collective feet for so long, the remnants of this coalition can sigh in relief that the Dems will flush any proposal for self-sufficient oil production right down the drain.