John Kerry offers to strip the drilling proposal from the budget (via). I don’t think Kerry’s suggestion will work, unfortunately.
The Republicans are shrewd to attach the drilling proposal along with the budget. Because of such arrangement, it would only take a simple majority to pass the drilling bill. At the same time, the Republicans are controlling the House.
Alternative Hippopotamus aptly describes the situation for ANWR. The real quote however is:
It would take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca and the Germans have outlawed miracles.
The hippo is right; it would take a miracle to prevent drilling and time to resist is running out. ANWR’s only hope to be left undisturbed is the word no from rational Republican representatives that understand that, as John Kerry has stated during the 2004 Presidential campaign, we can’t drill our way out of this energy crisis.
After more than two decades of fighting, it all comes down to here and now. And the future looks grim.
