Blog Buzz: Low-Income Voters Like Obama, Energy Policy Hubbub Over Legislation, Tire Gauges, Ads
Obama's a Hit With Low-Income Voters
A new poll from the Washington Post shows Barack Obama leading John McCain by a 58-to-28 percent margin among low-income voters. Liberal bloggers smugly point out that this finding defies predictions and expectations about Obama's ability to attract those voters, particularly working-class whites. One liberal, though, says it's nothing to write home about.
A "Pocket"-ful of Criticisms About Obama's Latest Ad
Obama released an ad today whose message is that McCain is in the pocket of Big Oil, his first negative commercial that was not in response to a McCain charge. Conservatives are already countering the claims in the ad: On CNN, Mitt Romney called Obama "dishonest" and said the ad was "below the belt." Liberals think it's about time Obama fought back against McCain's negative campaign.
Republicans Inflate Tire Gauge Joke
Conservative bloggers are having fun with Obama's suggestion that people keep their tires inflated in order to improve gas mileage, as is the GOP. McCain's campaign manager has even promised a tire gauge to people who donate $25 or more, to the shock and horror of liberal bloggers, who are trying to figure out what's so funny.
GOP Congressmen Refuse Recess
After Congress adjourned on Friday without passing any energy legislation, some GOP lawmakers are refusing to leave the floor and just delivered a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi requesting she call Congress back into session. Conservative bloggers praise the Republicans and bash Democrats for trying to cravenly "escape Washington."
—Gretchen Hannes
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Fun page here around the theme of the presidential race in the USA
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Obama's Energy Plan
Senator Obama's solutions will create worse problems than they attempt to solve. Having the oil companies pay $1000 to each family might help take away some of the sting from families buying gasoline in the very short term (like a few days) but will do nothing to curb oil consumption. The additional cost of the $1000 rebate to each family will have to come from somewhere and it is highly likely that the oil companies will raise oil prices to cover it which means that it will be passed on to those same families that are hurting. Tapping the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve will do very little to decrease prices or the demand for oil for any period longer than a few weeks. It will however put our nations security at risk as this reserve is diminished and limit our flexibility should something worse happen in the oil markets. After all, that is why we have the reserve.
The speculation in the market for oil boils down to supply and demand. Looking out a few years in the future it is widely known that supply will continue to decrease while demand continues to increase. Sending a message to the speculation market that supply will be increasing in the future as the U.S. starts to tap domestic oil supplies is the only way to break this. Obama's plan does not include such a strategy, while McCain's does.
The costs associated with switching all Americans over to hybrid cars and green energy sources will be huge and should be met with some resistance as it will make $4.00/gal gasoline look like nothing. Your power bill will double and you will have to replace your current car. These costs are not even touched upon in his plan.
The biggest problem that the U.S. faces is our dependence on foreign oil. We are transferring all of our hard earned wealth to our enemies. Let's focus our attention on getting off foreign oil by developing our own resources and as we do that we can begin building the infrastructure that will be required to make a complete switch to electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells or whatever the best alternative fuel will be. These technologies are still in development and are not ready for wide distribution yet. Let's buy the time we need so we don't create more problems than we are trying to fix.
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Obama is on the right track calling for Americans to keep tires properly inflated.
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Robin Pearl
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