NY Times Opinion, September 14, 2008 - “The audience’s mantra at the Republican National Convention — ‘drill, baby, drill’ — reflected deep frustration with Washington’s decision to lock down tens of billions of barrels of oil under American territory in an era of $4-a-gallon gasoline. Whatever the merits of his argument, Barack Obama’s response that ‘drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution’ won’t make the sting go away as long as it costs $100 to fill the tank of a pickup truck.” Read more.