Today's TRMS
We hope you all enjoyed Rachel filling in for David Gregory on Race for the White House tonight. But have no fear, there are still two more live hours of the Rachel Maddow Show coming up. On today's show Rachel will be talking to Steve Benen from the Carpetbagger Report about whether or not Obama is actually hitting McCain hard enough to win a presidential contest. And then David Bender will be here talking about Obama's week long vacation and whether or not he thinks it's a good thing for the tired candidate. Finally, Rachel welcomes Juan Cole back to the program. We want to know if the reports of a final agreement on a time line-- yes, you heard me, a time line-- has been reached between the Iraqi government and the Bush Administration.
Leased Sites
I heard a caller to a local radio show make an interesting point about the drilling debate.
He noted that GOPers are in the House demanding that the Dems return so they can vote on granting new drilling sites. The caller called it a grandstand ploy and advocated that the Dems reply in kind/ He suggested that Dem leaders should go to many of the currently leased sites where the oil companies are not drilling. They should then post signs demanding that the oil companies drill on those sites first before being granted any new sites. He suggested doing this the day before McCain's acceptance speech.
He thought this would go a long way to educating the public about the attempted land grab and how the oil companies are surpressing supply to increase their prices. Interesting idea that could neutralize House GOPers and shed some light on oil company practices.
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By JTGullsAugust 7, 2008 - 10:35pm