Reuters Calls Bush Drilling EO 'Symbolic,' Attempts to Buck Up Dems |
| Published: July 15, 2008, 7:48 am |
| Tags: 2008 congressional, 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, economy, oil amp amp gas prices, barack obama, george w bush, wire services media companies, reuters |
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That must be some crystal ball Reuters reporters Jeremy Pelofsky and Tom Doggett have. They somehow know that George W. Bush's Executive Order lifting an Executive Branch ban on offshore drilling will work out to be "largely symbolic" -- even though Congress's ban will expire on September 30 unless it's proactively renewed. Further, Pelofsky and Doggett seem to almost know that since Barack Obama opposes any additional offshore drilling, and that not enough of his fellow party members will defect from that position between now and the Congressional ban's expiration, regardless of whether he remains competitive or sinks in the polls in the meantime. Here's what the pair had to say on those two topics in their "objective" report (bold is mine): President George W. Bush on Monday lifted a White House ban on offshore drilling to try to drive down soaring energy prices, a largely symbolic bid unlikely to have any short-term impact on high gasoline costs. ..... [ Full article ] |
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