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The Price Of Triangulation: Graham Seeks Expansion Of Off Shore Dilling

By Big Tent Democrat

Predictable:

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) – a key architect of upcoming Senate energy legislation – said Wednesday that lawmakers should widen President Obama’s newly announced expansion of offshore oil-and-gas drilling. Graham called the White House plan a “good first step” but added, “there is more that must be done to make this proposal meaningful and the game-changer we all want it to become.”

“Among the areas we still need to address – encouraging states to allow exploration by sharing a portion of the revenue raised from oil and gas drilling, opening even more areas of the Eastern Gulf to exploration, the inclusion of viable drilling sites in the Atlantic and Pacific, and expanding the list of areas we inventory for possible reservoirs of oil and gas,” Graham said.

We are choosing between center right and the extreme right on off shore drilling. For all I know, the center right or extreme right positions are the correct ones here. But it is clear that the progressive position is no longer on the table.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 01, 2010 (boomark / email).