Desperation and the Blame Game

"Few things are less becoming in a political party than desperation, as Republicans are now demonstrating as they panic over rising oil and gas prices. If blaming private industry for Congress's own energy mistakes is the best the GOP can do, no wonder its voters may sit out the November election. A decent portion of the latest run-up in gas prices—and the entire cause of recent spot shortages—is the direct result of the energy bill Congress passed last summer... Republicans can blame business all they want for high prices, but sounding like liberal Democrats won't save them in November." —The Wall Street Journal