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GOP Needs New Chant (Suggestions Welcome)

By TChris

Sarah Palin's winks and chants of "drill baby drill" were about all the McCain campaign could muster to excite voters. Today the Republican vision of oil rigs drilling offshore, in the Alaskan wilderness, in national parks, and maybe even in your backyard seems a bit myopic.

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States fell by 10 this week to 945, down nearly half from a year ago. ... A year ago, the rig count stood at 1,839. The U.S. count is down 53 percent since the end of August as weak energy demand has hampered oilfield activity.

It may be time for the GOP's overpriced go-to-guy, Joe the Plumber, to come up with a catchy phrase to replace "drill, baby, drill." What will it be? "God, baby, God"?

Full post as published by TalkLeft on May 01, 2009 (boomark / email).