From the Wall Street Journal:

It took a few months, and more than a few polls, but Democrats have concluded that they've lost the debate against more oil-and-gas drilling. The surrender became official on Saturday, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that even she was ready to "consider opening portions" of the Outer Continental Shelf to oil exploration.

That's great news, assuming she and her fellow Democrats really mean it. It wasn't too many days ago that the anticarbon Speaker lampooned drilling as "a hoax on the American people," while Barack Obama called it "another Washington gimmick." Now the Democratic Presidential candidate has also said he might be willing to change his mind and tolerate the exploitation of domestic energy resources.

Interestingly Bruce Lunsford and Nancy Pelosi seem to be sharing the same talking points on energy. Both Pelosi and Lunsford have called Senator McConnell’s energy plan “a hoax.”

Senator Mitch McConnell continues fighting for a vote on his energy plan, the Gas Price Reduction Act. You can encourage Congress to take action by signing the petition today.