Offense Vs. Defense
I just posted something about Speaker Pelosi’s interview with Wolf Blitzer. In that interview, Speaker Pelosi couldn’t sound more defensive, assigning blame to everyone but the House of Representatives. Now take a look at this YouTube of Michele Bahcmann’s interview with CNN’s Ali Velshi:
It isn’t difficult to spot Rep. Bachmann’s comfort level when she extends an invitation to Mr. Velshi to join them on the trip. When Mr. Velshi asks why Democrats aren’t joining Republicans on the trip, Rep. Bachmann replies “Good question. We’d rather it was a bipartisan delegation.”
While most reports call this a trip to ANWR, it’s also true that ANWR is just one part of this fact-finding trip. As Michele points out in this post, the delegation also paid a visit to NREL, the National Renewable Energy Lab, in Golden, CO.
Isn’t it a bit curious that Democrats won’t participate in this trip? It seems to me that the delegation stopping at NREL shows that they’re committed to alternatives. Why aren’t Democrats interested in visiting ANWR? After all, it isn’t like it’s a scenic area:
Technorati Tags: Gas Crisis, Nancy Pelosi, Michele Bachmann, ANWR, OCS, NREL, Bipartisanship, Election 2008
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog