By SEAN COCKERHAMAugust 7th, 2008 12:02 AMPresidential candidate Barack Obama is touting the Alaska natural gas pipeline.Obama included the project in the energy plan he announced this week, calling for working "with the Canadian government to finally build the Alaska natural gas pipeline, delivering clean natural gas and creating good jobs in the process."That brought the Democrat kudos from Gov. Sarah Palin, who some pundits are pushing as a possible vice presidential running mate for Republican John McCain.Two of Obama's top advisers repeated the theme in a teleconference with Alaska reporters Wednesday. They said Obama would encourage a federal partnership with Alaska to further the project and try to prevent Exxon Mobil from having a "disproportionate influence over the timetable over the construction of this pipeline,"They were vague about how the partnership would work and how Exxon's influence might be blunted, saying that would have to be worked out with the governor."The federal government could play a bigger role in trying to get all parties together to get this thing moving and try to find consensus in how to get it moving," said Obama adviser Pete Rouse, a former Alaskan.Rouse said Obama spoke about the gasline with Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich and former Gov. Tony Knowles. McCain, he noted, opposed the federal loan guarantees and other incentives Congress passed for the Alaska gas pipeline project in 2004.The Republican National Committee countered that McCain is for increasing the nation's supplies of energy while politics is driving Obama's energy plan."Obama reversed his position on the strategic petroleum reserve, downplayed his position against offshore drilling, and inflated his position on tires," said RNC spokesman Bill Riggs. "With an energy policy so out of touch with the America people, it's not surprising that Obama is doing everything he can to move closer to John McCain's "all of the above" energy solution."Both Obama and McCain are against oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Palin said she's not giving up hope that McCain will change his mind on ANWR. http://www.adn.com/politics/story/486170.html
By SEAN COCKERHAMAugust 7th, 2008 12:02 AM
Presidential candidate Barack Obama is touting the Alaska natural gas pipeline.Obama included the project in the energy plan he announced this week, calling for working "with the Canadian government to finally build the Alaska natural gas pipeline, delivering clean natural gas and creating good jobs in the process."That brought the Democrat kudos from Gov. Sarah Palin, who some pundits are pushing as a possible vice presidential running mate for Republican John McCain.Two of Obama's top advisers repeated the theme in a teleconference with Alaska reporters Wednesday. They said Obama would encourage a federal partnership with Alaska to further the project and try to prevent Exxon Mobil from having a "disproportionate influence over the timetable over the construction of this pipeline,"They were vague about how the partnership would work and how Exxon's influence might be blunted, saying that would have to be worked out with the governor."The federal government could play a bigger role in trying to get all parties together to get this thing moving and try to find consensus in how to get it moving," said Obama adviser Pete Rouse, a former Alaskan.Rouse said Obama spoke about the gasline with Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich and former Gov. Tony Knowles. McCain, he noted, opposed the federal loan guarantees and other incentives Congress passed for the Alaska gas pipeline project in 2004.The Republican National Committee countered that McCain is for increasing the nation's supplies of energy while politics is driving Obama's energy plan."Obama reversed his position on the strategic petroleum reserve, downplayed his position against offshore drilling, and inflated his position on tires," said RNC spokesman Bill Riggs. "With an energy policy so out of touch with the America people, it's not surprising that Obama is doing everything he can to move closer to John McCain's "all of the above" energy solution."Both Obama and McCain are against oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.Palin said she's not giving up hope that McCain will change his mind on ANWR.
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