California Conservative

During a recent debate, Rep. Mark Udall said he would not vote to adjourn congress until they had an energy bill. Then he skipped the vote:

At a televised debate July 28, Colorado congressmen and Democratic senatorial candidate Mark Udall said he would not vote to adjourn congress until they had an energy bill.

Udall then skipped the vote, which passed 213-212 without a single Republican voting in favor. Had Udall been there and lived up to his campaign promise, the motion to adjourn would not have passed. Udall has been heavily criticized by television and newspapers in Colorado, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee has been having a field day mocking Udall for his broken promise. And it’s been a close race between Udall and Republican congressman Bob Schafer before Udall missed the vote.

Whether breaking his promise will cost Udall this November remains to be seen. What’s certain, though, is that Republicans won’t let go of this if their lives depended on it. That’s because their political lives do depend on it.

We’re seeing Democrats cracking under the House Republicans’ protests. This isn’t a narrowly spread phenomenon either. Mark Udall is only one Democrat who made a significant mistake. If you saw Ms. Pelosi’s interview on This Week, you saw a woman falling to pieces. It isn’t just limited to Ms. Pelosi either. Does anyone seriously think that Barack Obama would’ve changed his position on drilling 3 times in a week if Democrats at all levels weren’t feeling the heat?

The Colorado race is one that I’ll certainly be watching. If Rep. Udall doesn’t win, I suspect that we’ll look back at his breaking his promise on energy as the turning point.

Technorati Tags: Gas Crisis, Mark Udall, bob Schafer, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, NRSC, Drilling, YouTube, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

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