Democratic senators are quietly moving away from Obama’s energy stance. Illinois senior senator Dick Durbin now supports offshore drilling. As does Harry Reid and Sherrod Brown.

Democrats Are Distancing Themselves from Obama.
Obama is shaping up to be the only Democrat without a chair when the music stops. His latest ad claims offshore drilling won’t be effective, putting him in a terrible bind. If he sticks to his guns, he’s at odds with his party and the vast majority of Americans. If he flip flops, there’s yet another reason for his countrymen to conclude he’s nothing but a milquetoast flip-flopper whose words mean nothing.

Sherrod Brown is joining with George Voinovich in supporting offshore drilling. This spontaneous bipartisanship may soon become common practice. Most Americans support drilling for more oil.

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Sen. George V. Voinovich said yesterday that the combination of $4-per-gallon gas prices and rising voter support for more drilling could pave the way for a compromise that would have been unthinkable a year ago.

The Ohio Republican predicted that Congress will pass a comprehensive bill this year to clear the way for drilling off U.S. coasts while providing more money to develop cleaner energy sources.

That’s quite a prediction. And I bet that you would lay odds that he is right. It only emphasizes how completely out of touch Obama is.

Experts believe we have a supply of oil available if we drill for it...but not without concern for environmental degradation. It's wise to make available as many resources as we can. And keep every last drop of oil produced.

Obama is right on one thing though. We won’t see a return on this for maybe a decade. But it will be a return. So it takes time. We won’t have it if we don’t start it. Obama prefers NOT starting it.

The federal government estimates that 89 billion barrels of oil could be off the East, West and Gulf coasts. The U.S. consumes 20 million barrels of oil every day.

Its not a large amount of oil, but it is American oil that we can have at the ready should the rest of the world decide to say "GODAMMMM AMERIKKKKA!".

Wouldn't you rather be protected? Even if that protection is temporary. Even if that protection takes a while to achieve. It provides a buffer.

I sure wish we had one right now (if it wasn't for the last democratic president who vetoed it).