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To: Brumar89 who wrote (558000)	4/1/2010 6:53:35 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575535

Obama has NOT pursued a centrist path on o/s drilling. Congress voted in 2008 to open up the OCS with no restriction. Now he proposes to keep most of it locked up and delay as long as possible before opening up even a tiny bit of it. Thats an anti-drilling position. Brumar, what you posted isn't factual. Drilling couldn't begin until 2011 anyway. Obama and the Dems haven't delayed anything. In fact, the Senate passed the bill in 2008 by 78 to 12, which means many Dems voted for it. Your bias is not allowing you to see that Obama and the Dems actually are for offshore drilling. This is one area where there is bipartisan support. Of course, there are always fringe elements against it, but screw them. reuters.com The Interior Department's current five-year leasing plan calls for possible drilling off the Virginia coast in 2011. "It would take a substantial period for the administration to change this leasing plan or to develop new leasing plan," Jeff Bingaman, chairman of the Senate's energy committee. "I think everybody has been working on assumption that on first of October something dramatically different occurs (with offshore drilling. That's not reality," he said.