The Gang of 10: Compromise or surrender?

From the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF): The American people are telling our elected officials: "Drill Here and Drill Now!" But the "Gang of 10" are calling their plan a compromise. Here's what Rush Limbaugh had to say about their 'compromise' last Friday...

"Essentially there is a Gang of Ten senators, five Republicans led by Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Saxby Chambliss, Bob Corker, and Johnny Isaakson. They joined five Democrats to craft an energy bill in the Senate that is exactly what Barack Obama wants. It is an utter disaster."

"It's a Democrat giveaway... The regulatory hurdles are huge. They have expanded. They are higher. PETA has a role. The ACLU has a role. The bill bars drilling within 50 miles of the United States coastline. That puts off limits some of the most productive areas -- even if the states allow it -- including in ANWR. Well, you can only drill in four states anyway under this bill, but no -- you can't drill any closer to 50 miles of the coastline... This deal would allow drilling if -- if and when -- the EPA and PETA and states and cities and counties and the ACLU clear the way."

CFIF urges that you send a blast fax (with a contribution). Perhaps you'd like to make a call to the U.S. Senate switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for the Senators named above.