The Latest Florida Poll [Update]
By SusanUnPC on August 2, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Backtrack Obama, Barack Obama, Florida, Off-Shore Drilling
No wonder Barack Obama is scrambling to pander to those in favor of off-shore drilling. When even Floridians are changing their minds about off-shore drilling, it’s hard for some, apparently, to hold fast to their “beliefs” (if they have any). [UPDATE: See LisaB's Polls and Race-Bait Fallout."] Via the Tampa Bay blog, part of the St. Petersburg Times newspaper:
New Florida poll: McCain 45, Obama 40
In a new poll released by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, 45 percent of Florida voters said they would vote for Sen. John McCain if the presidential election were held today. Forty percent said they would vote for Sen. Barack Obama. Fifteen percent were undecided. …
The Palm Beach Post has another story, “Obama would consider off-shore drilling as part of comprehensive energy plan” — and notes that both McCain and Obama were campaigning in Florida yesterday:
ST. PETERSBURG — U.S. Sen. Barack Obama said today he would be willing to open Florida’s coast for more oil drilling if it meant winning approval for broad energy changes.
“My interest is in making sure we’ve got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices,” Obama said in an interview with The Palm Beach Post.
“If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage – I don’t want to be so rigid that we can’t get something done,” Obama said.
Off-shore drilling has become a push-button issue in the presidential campaign since Republican candidate John McCain announced his support to open more of the country’s coastline for drilling in order to reduce gas prices. Both candidates are campaigning in Florida today.
Obama has opposed exposing more coastline to drilling, saying that oil companies have not fully explored the areas open to drilling now and insisting that it would have little immediate impact on prices at the pump.
After speaking to a capacity crowd at Gibbs High School auditorium in St. Petersburg, he told the Post he would be open to expanding the current drilling boundaries if it meant winning approval for more fuel-efficient cars, developing alternative energy sources and making the country more “energy independent.”
“I think it’s important for the American people to understand we’re not going to drill our way out of this problem,” he said. … Read all.
Memeorandum.com links to several blog reports on this article.
Notable: None of the liberal blogs is referencing this article.
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