The Democrats are handing the stumbling Republicans a gift this campaign season, and I don’t mean they’re having Larry Craig fitted out with a pair of cement boots. They’re fighting the energy crisis like a bull fighter soaked in gravy and waving a spoon around - will the Republicans make the most of it? I wouldn’t bet on it, but rarer things have happened. First, starting with Nancy Pelosi, I’d suggest that we commit to memory the following words of wisdom:

“This call for drilling in areas that are protected is a hoax, it’s an absolute hoax on the part of the Republicans and this administration” Pelosi said at her weekly press conference. “It’s a decoy to punt your attention away from the fact that their policies have produced $4-a-gallon gasoline.”

And General Harry Reid:

“Coal makes us sick. Oil makes us sick. Global warming is ruining our country, it’s ruining our world.”

When times are tough, the Dems raise taxes!

The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.

Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a Memorial Day Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded — with a prod from the construction industry — that having $9 billion less to spend on highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of lost jobs.

Now, lawmakers quietly are talking about raising fuel taxes by a dime from the current 18.4 cents a gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents on diesel fuel.

With Obama’s tour turning the Middle East into a Potemkin desert and the Democrats in Congress earning the lowest approval ratings since Ben Franklin sat snoring in Philadelphia, things are looking far more optimistic for the red team than it did three months ago. There’s still plenty of time to screw it up, but there’s certainly reason to surrender - fight on Conservatives!

In case there’s any question as to what started when, here’s a helpful graph that shows gas prices by party congressional control:

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