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Wow! Is Energy Dependence a Big Issue?!

Wed Nov 09, 2005 at 03:05:32 PM PDT

The current CNN internet poll -- Is the U.S. government doing enough to reduce the nation's dependence on oil? -- has the widest margin I've ever seen: No - 96%,  Yes - 4%.
That's a total of 121,000 votes against 5,000 votes.

Now, I know those polls are unscientific.  But that's one heck of a margin!  Might Democrats take a hint from this?  It seems to me that there is resounding criticism of both President and (Republican) Congress implicit in this result.  Now that we've got a slogan, Together Whatever, it might be nice to propose some policies, some indication what Democrats would do to reduce the nation's dependence on oil.  Seems to me that people are hungering for it.  Has our side said anything yet?  There is probably a perception that Democrats would be better on this issue, but some policies need to be added to that perception to get us a Democratic Congress next year.

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