True North

(hat-tip Andy A.)
The above is a great, compelling, and relevant message. It could even be an election turner.

The problem of course is that the guy atop the ticket is pretty mushy on embracing any of these policies. If we had a candidate who was talking like this, we could start building actual momentum around this issue. The Dems are completely boxed in by their unrealistic, fairyland environmental lobbies, who learned all they needed to know about environmental policy by watching Bambi in kindergarten. That plays well enough when America is living in the lap of luxury. Instead our candidate warbles his way around the topic like this.

Further making this a hard sell? Remember, since 9/11 we've had pretty clear market signals regarding the sensitivity of foreign oil supplies. And most of that time we had Republican control of Congress and the White House. And they did nothing.

It looks like the Republican Party is heading for a pretty thorough clock-cleaning defeat in November. And when it happens that's a good time to clear the decks of the boobs we've called party leaders the past eight years. Because there is an electorate out there hungering for an alternative to the Euro-Socialist party that spells its name beginning with a D. And the fact that the Republican leadership can't seem to spell out that alternative as anything other than "war, corruption, and the other guys would be even worse," is pathetic.

UPDATE:

Perhaps not all is lost just yet. Some seem to be waking up.

Cross-posted at Bogus Gold. Comments welcome.