POLL: Democrats don't care what Americans want

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A new Harris Interactive poll, conducted February 13 – February 16, 2009, echoes the support Americans voiced before and after November’s elections: America favors offshore drilling for domestic oil and natural gas resources.

The poll found that 61% of Americans support drilling for oil and natural gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf and the Gulf of Mexico. Only 26% of those polled opposed exploration and development of those resources.

Additionally, 57% would oppose regulations or laws that either delay or block domestic oil and natural gas production. Only 28% would support these regulations.

Specifically regarding Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s decision to delay the offshore drilling leasing process, 50% said they would “oppose delaying the offshore oil and gas drilling plan,” while only one-third of the respondents support Salazar’s decision.

Of those polled, 23% were Republicans, 37% were Democrats, and 33% were Independents, indicating that support for offshore drilling remains a tripartisan issue.

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Interior Secretary Scraps Oil-Shale Leasing

The Obama administration Wednesday put the brakes on plans to develop oil shale on federal land in Western states, the latest in a series of moves to slow down or reverse Bush administration-era policies to promote oil and gas production.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar withdrew a lease offer made last month for research, development and demonstration projects involving oil shale. The projects could have built a case for commercial development of oil shale in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.

Also this month, Mr. Salazar shelved a BLM plan developed during the Bush administration to lease wilderness areas of Utah for oil and gas drilling.

[Slow suicide. The green-mythology is killing this nation's ability to procure the energy it requires to keep running.]

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