On the issue of energy, it seems Rep. Chris Carney may be finally stepping out of the political sandbox of personal insults and into the public arena to debate the issue.
Carney put out a press release on the topic last week and commented further in today's Times Leader story.
Carney points to three legislative measures he supported in the past week. The first would suspend any further deliveries of oil to the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The second bill would work to curtail speculation on the price of oil. The third bill would provide $1.7 billion for mass-transit grants.
While Carney had previously criticized Chris Hackett for supporting "Big Oil," it appears Carney may have flipped on the issue as he now is open to and would support attempts to increase domestic oil production.
There's no word out of Carney's camp whether Carney will take Hackett up on his challenge to sign "American Energy Pledge".
It will be interesting to see on the topic of energy if Carney can stick to his platform or whether he'll revert back to simply criticizing Hackett's personal finances. With a story today again highlighting that Hackett has assets valued at 10 to 20 times what Carney has, it would only seem only natural for Carney to continue to make it a campaign issue.
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Apparently there will be a town hall meeting on July 14 where Carney will be speaking publicaly. Freedom Works intends to attend the event. Carney is a known Blue Dog Democrat, yet has not spoken against the Housing Bailout Bill which will increase spending by 22 billion and which everyone is talking about. Here are the times and dates of the event:
July 14, 2008 @ 10:00 am
Middle Creek Community Center
67 Elm St.
Beaver Springs, PA
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