All american. You say he does not have the power to stop the drilling yet apparently he is doing just that :). believe me if what he was doing was not legal the otger parties would tear him down in a heatbeat. We have a false sense of "we" and nationalistic identity. Its basically all about the feeding big business national or international for the republicans.
I have no issue with the price of gas going sky high. In the end that will make the alternates viable dollar wise and guess what, we will have no dependency on the middle east then. Imo americans are short sighted and their vision extends to today and their back yard only. This includes both parties and everything in between. Imo its time to retool the way this country thinks. Sadly thats harder to do than you would think.