“Does anyone here really trust the oil companies to give you the savings, when they could just pocket the money themselves? There’s not an expert out there that believes that this is going to work. There’s not an editorial out there that has said this is actually the answer to high gas prices. In fact my understanding is today, Senator Clinton had to send out a surrogate to speak on behalf of this plan, and all she could find was, get this, a lobbyist for Shell Oil to explain how this is going to be good for consumers. It’s a ’shell game,’ literally.”
- Barack Obama, in a speech in Indianapolis
The editorial mentioned in the ad can be found here.
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And while Clinton can't find a economist for her insane and pointless gimmick, here is a growing list of economists against it.
Obama, for his part, just calls it a "Shell game".
Strangely, Clinton is now against expert opinions, which used to be a huge deal for her.
This article asks if she's about to discredit math as elitist too.
Republicans love her Republican campaigining and some will continue to vote for her. And NPR comes out of its pro-Clinton cage long enough to acknowledge that, yes, she IS running like a Republican.
To wrap up, Frank Rich asks why conservative religious fringe types, and the candidates they support, get off the hook when they are white. Damn good question.
