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.
Response to DRILL NOW
I think the Democratic response to the DRILL NOW is:
PUMP NOW.
Propose legislation that will tax capped wells on federal leased land, that will, after a time, terminate those leases for disuse and make them available for releasing with a requirement that they be pumped. Prohibit export of oil from federally leased land.
This might be a relatively short term supply increase while we wait for Paris Hilton's plan to kick in....
And oh, yeah, make profits from those capped wells being put back into production exempt from the proposed windfall profits tax provided that at least 50% of the profit is put directly into development of alternative renewable energy.
Hank
- parent
By nmhankAugust 8, 2008 - 9:35am