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Have I been disappointed Bush didn't make any meaningful move toward cleaner, domestic natural gas as an alternative to foreign oil? Probably. But did that weigh into my Swift Boat support? Not at all. I had serious questions about [John Kerry's] military service, and he never would answer them...
...haven't separated myself from the oil industry. I still believe that's a part of the solution. We're going to have to drill, we're going to have to do the renewables, and we've got to use natural gas, biofuels--any resource in America...
Grossman also praised Obama’s work on the proposed Iran Sanctions Enabling Act, a bill that would allow for the divestment of state and local governments in Iran’s oil and gas industry...
...Instead, Americans need the pragmatic leadership that Barack Obama has amply demonstrated during his career in public service. Proving this maturity, he rejected a politically popular gas tax holiday last summer that would have reduced federal revenue without saving consumers money. He bases his decisions on science and empirical research, which the Bush administration has so emphatically rejected. James Heckman, a Nobel laureate in economics asked to review policy proposals by the Obama campaign, testified to this, noting, “I’ve never worked with a campaign that was more interested in what the research shows...
...Tercentenary Theater’s recent role as a venue for bottomless cider evidences a college constituency obsessed with the environment. Despite the ephemeral fanfare surrounding sustainability at Harvard, the United States will be dependent on carbon-based energy for the foreseeable future. Astronomic gas prices burden the economy, and hostile foreign governments supplying oil hold America hostage. McCain’s agenda would increase domestic drilling capacity, which would increase the oil supply, lowering gas prices and reducing American dependency...