Key quote: "With angry motorists facing record gas prices, Sen. Barack Obama and House Democrats met Tuesday to map a long-term strategy for curbing U.S. energy consumption and increasing supply, but they gave no indication they are wavering in their opposition to more offshore oil drilling."
Key quote: "Barack Obama will focus on energy security today at a campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio. Obama will accuse the Bush Administration and John McCain of lacking a long term energy plan, and will argue that the dependence on foreign oil poses a threat to national security.
Both McCain and Obama have been squabbling about their respective energy plans for months now. Yesterday McCain called Obama the “Dr. No” on energy policy."
Key quote: "McCain and Bush support a drilling plan that won't produce a drop of oil for seven years. McCain will give more tax breaks to big oil. He's voted with Bush 95 percent of the time."
Key quote: "Barack Obama said Tuesday that
he would not take nuclear power "off the table" as a possible energy
option, but blasted John McCain's proposal to build dozens of new
reactors in the U.S."
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Key quote: "When VeraSun Energy inaugurated a new ethanol processing plant last summer in Charles City, Iowa, some of that industry’s most prominent boosters showed up. Leaders of the National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association, for instance, came to help cut the ribbon — and so did Senator Barack Obama."
Key quote: "We don't have to tell you that energy policy is all the rage right now, because every few days the candidates each bring out a new exciting proposal, sparking a new, slightly less-exciting debate. Windfall taxes, gas-tax holidays, and offshore drilling are giving way at the start of this week to Obama's pledge to close the "Enron loophole" (even if you don't know what that is, it certainly sounds like something we should shut right away) and McCain's proposal to award a $300 million prize (from the government, not his wife's checkbook) for a better car battery. Overall, though, the candidates' energy proposals are falling flat — either too flip-floppy, too craven, or just plain unhelpful."
Key quote: "U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Friday nuclear power was 'not a panacea' for U.S. energy woes but it is worth investigating its further development."
Key quote: "Barack Obama is not backing down in his opposition to a so-called gas tax holiday this summer. If anything, he's becoming more vocal in calling it a bad idea and slamming John McCain and Hillary Clinton for proposing it."
Key quote: "Political experts are plowing new ground in assessing Ms. Winfrey’s impact on the campaign: She’s never endorsed a candidate before, so there’s no data to compare."
"From America’s thirst for foreign oil to surging oil prices and record oil-company profits, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama says the Bush administration is leading the country down the wrong path. But who’s to blame?"
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