Cross-posted at Eclectablog.
The Democrats are caving on drilling off the shores in the USA and it is completely unnecessary. What they should be doing is making the American electorate more informed. They need to show them solid, easy-to-digest PROOF that drilling more oil in the USA will NOT affect the price of gas.
I'll show you one simple way to do this. Show them the graphic below (after the jump.) It's data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the official federal body that collects energy data such as this. It was put together by Architecture 2030 and you can find much other information at their site. I've even created a mini-poster for you to print out to show to others.
Jump with me...
