Ugh. Harry Reid is onstage saying, in a single breath, that new drilling won’t do any good, and that the Gang of 10 energy compromise — which contains new drilling — is a wonderful thing.

And he’s praising his “friend” T. Boone Pickens to the sky.

When, I wonder, was the last time anyone paid a price for crossing Dems?

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