Ir ia NOT a far better position than McCain's, it is THE SAME position as McCain's.

He just co-opted McCain's position on energy, the same way Bush/McCain co-opted his on Iraq after Malaki agree with his timetable while he was in Iraq.

This "shift" in Obama's position is dramatic, and obviously pandering and demagoguing, to align himself with the majority of voters on this issue.

NEITHER candidate has a good, or even fairly passible position on the energy crisis.

At least, not now they don't.

Obama had a shot at it by standing with the OTHER SENATORS against offshore drilling.

So don't give me that "difference between being a senator and a presidential candidate" business. His senate colleagues were able to toe the line and go home for the break.

Why can't Obama stand with his colleagues, which include both Republicans and Democrats?