"now you're seeing Obama realizing that he's menaced by this energy issue"

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"The Wall Street Journal" had a poll a couple of weeks ago that Fred was lampooning me about, but it was correct, that Obama had a 65-35 lead on the energy issue.

Last week--this week, the Quinnipiac organization came out in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida, and said it's now 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. In other words, the climate has changed in McCain's direction, and now you're seeing Obama realizing that he's menaced by this energy issue, and I think he's making adjustments--not big adjustments.

And it will be fascinating to see how the environmental community responds to this yielding, and to the position of the gang of ten. I mean, what they want to do--the gang of ten senators are willing to drill only 50 miles offshore, which is much closer to shore than the Republicans' position.

Now, I would say that the environmental movement will go crazy about that, and come out against the measure.