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This morning, the Washington Times ran a column by A Line of Sight's editor-in-chief Bob Beauprez on the administration's failure to not only protect America's national security but also grow the economy:

"Historians will be perplexed when they look back at America’s first years in the 21st century. They will see a country rich in natural resources, populated by people possessing great intellect and technological prowess, and an administration that could have dug the United States out of a jobless economic recovery but was immobilized by ideology."

Has the Obama administration missed the mark with our energy policy? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. 

Read the full column here. 

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Joe Biden says the Tea Partiers behave "like terrorists."  California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters has such disregard for the group that she wishes the Tea Party would "go straight to hell."   

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I was asked by the National Journal to weigh in on the following question for their Energy & Environment blog:

"What precedent is this administration setting by tapping into the reserves at a time of ongoing unrest in the Middle East and seemingly sustained high oil prices?"

Here is my answer:

Precedence?  You ask what precedent the administration is setting by tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for only the third time in our nation's history?  I'll tell you.  They are setting a precedent as easily the most blatantly political administration ever in American history.

I'll offer just a few examples of the evidence: 

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