Guess he won't be VP. I guess this was part of his strategy, lol. Another candidate off the list. Webb would never be Obama’s VP. Webb is too good for Obama and they both know it.

The Dems will be sprinting from Obama by the end of August. Too late. The local GOP will highlight Obama and Ayers, Rev. Wright, no drilling, etc...and the say, my opponent endorses Obama.

Obama will make or break this Republic. Gas prices will be the tipping point to save us (just like Elian saved us in 2000 by tipping Fla to Dubya). We get a few more years.

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We applaud Senator Webb on taking real action, real change and admitting that hope can only happen with these actions.

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Riiiight.
Because a presidential candidate and a running mate must always agree on everything.

I think you're reading too much into it. This is obviously one of those issues where people will have disagreement within parties.
I would assume Webb's being pro-life would be more important than this if anything was going to change his likelihood of being a running mate.

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on the most important issue of the campaign, you would think.

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The GOP should put out a ‘Fight the Lies’ website about oil and gas drilling. Here is a few lies to start debunking:

“We can’t drill our way out of this”

“America has only 3% of the worlds resources”

“It was take a decade or more for any oil to reach the market”

“ANWR would only cause a one cent reduction in the price of gas”

“ANWR only contains 4M barrels of oil at most”

“Oil rigs are a danger to sealife and spills could destroy our beaches and tourism”

“If we could raise the CAFE standards by 1 MPG we could save all the oil we get from Saudia Arabia each year”

The list of lies (especially the statistics about oil supply, reserves, field sizes) is massive and they are included in every press release from the DNC like the one Obama put out here.

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Drilling for more oil is "the most important issue of the campaign"?
Since when?
Oil prices is an important issue, as is the economy as a whole. The question of drilling is a small part of those and really only for those that think it will actually make a worthwhile difference.

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which is about 60% of the country.

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60% agreeing with it does not determine that 60% believe it is the number one issue (or will be through the whole campaign).
Even amongst people who see the drilling as a good idea, few are naive enough to believe that alone will solve the problems of oil prices, energy independence, or the economy.

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94% of internet message board percentages are made up on the spot.

He's close in so far as what percentage of Americans agree with Alaska/off-shore drilling.
And it is becoming a bigger issue on people's minds.
Of course much of it is based on panic over gas prices.

Interesting part is that whichever side wins will be at a disadvantage.
If we don't drill and prices continue up, people will blame it on not drilling.
If we do drill and prices continue up or fail to drop, people will be mad over the politicians who supported drilling.

It's the problem with politicians responding to populist concerns. It's one thing to listen to what the people are concerned about... It's another to take advantage of those concerns to push an agenda- Both parties do this and both are quick to point out when the other side does.
But this drilling thing is one of the most obvious!

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