GOP should be running the Pelosi gas station clip

Adam Putnam:

Self-reliance is ingrained in America's DNA. We wrote our own founding documents, blazed our own trails, laid our own tracks, built our own roads. And yet in our time's true test of self-reliance – whether we have the ability to provide the energy that sustains our communities, farms, and businesses – the United States has largely failed. Instead, this task has been outsourced to an assortment of outside entities and foreign nations, rendering America just another paying customer.

The consequences of our inability to achieve energy independence have come into bold relief for American families as the price at the pump continues to approach – and in some places, exceed -- $4.00 a gallon.

If the leaders of the Democrat majority in Congress are to be taken at their word, it wasn't supposed to be like this.

Nearly two years ago, huddled around a podium outside an Exxon station not two blocks from the U.S. Capitol, Democrat leaders pledged that a Democrat majority would deliver lower gas prices. Then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi even told the American people that her party had a "commonsense sense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices."

Another promise broken, another pledge unmet. Today, gas prices are nearly $1.50 a gallon higher than they were on the day Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the House. We here in Washington call it the "Pelosi Premium"; folks back home just call it a royal pain.

The Democrat majority has made clear where their priorities lie. To date, Democrats have attempted on four separate occasions over the past Congress to levy massive tax hikes on American energy producers. If enacted, these tax increases would be passed along to the consumer, making energy even more expensive. There is nothing commonsense about tax hikes solving our energy crisis.

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Worse, they have continued to strangle the supply of energy trying to repeal the laws of supply and demand. That is what really is driving up the cost of energy. We have to unwrap the Democrats fingers from the throat of the nations energy supply and allow production to drive down costs. The Democrats are OPECs best friend.

John Boehner presents the GOP energy plan. The one thing he says I disagree with is. "Simply pointing out the wrong direction in which Democrats are leading the country is not enough." It is in fact their failure to point it out in a way that breaks through with voters that is keeping their agenda from getting a chance to move voters. Until they can persuade voters how bad the Democrat plan has screwed them, they will have little chance of winning votes on the issue. They need to be relentlessly attacking them on this in speeches during and after hours in Congress. They need to put Democrats through the kind of grilling that Senators gave oil executives yesterday. It is time to turn the tables and questions those really responsible for high energy prices--Democrats.

If they do so in a strong manner, it will be hard for the media to ignore. Just come out and say it. Democrat policies are responsible for high energy prices.