McDirtball appears set to flip on another topic - Drilling in ANWR...

[snowbear]

And if he does, sad to say... he will win Alaska's measley three electorial votes easily.

Right now Barack Obama holds a 5 point lead in Alaska.. but the majority of voters here will always go with the candidate--regardless of political affiliation--who is pro ANWR drilling.

It's not that residents here love oil drilling.. what they LOVE is the $$$--big fat checks--$$$ given to every single resident every single October from oil profits.

Democrats can win office in Alaska just as easily as any Republican. There are more registered independents than both of the other main parties combined. But any candidate who dare try to run on a "no ANWR platform" would face political suicide.

Anchorage Daily News
Is McCain rethinking his anti-ANWR drilling position?
Posted by Alaska_Politics

Posted: August 16, 2008 - 8:23 am

Republican presidential candidate John McCain says that he's taking another look at the possibility of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, and as part of that assessment McCain says that he plans to talk to the nation's most prominent advocate of drilling in ANWR, Alaska governor Sarah Palin.

McCain has opposed drilling in ANWR. In the past he's compared it to drilling in the Grand Canyon. But as energy prices climbed over the past several months, he has been careful to avoid locking himself into an anti-drilling position. In late June, McCain told voters in Missouri and Minnesota that he was open to receiving new information about exploration on Alaska's coastal plain, but noted: "I certainly haven't changed my position."

In an interview with THE WEEKLY STANDARD aboard his campaign plane last week, McCain made clear he has not ruled out a change in his position--to one that endorses drilling in ANWR. "I continue to examine it," he said. So does his staff. McCain's campaign has been quietly studying the ANWR issue and discussing the potential consequences--good and bad--of a policy change.

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[snowbear]

1. Kicking my own thread two days later...

Because there's been even more talk on how McDud is about to flip on ANWR drilling.

He's planning to talk to the governor of Alaska in the next few days ..

Plus, T.B. Pickens asked him at their breakfast to flip on the topic of ANWR. Besides making hardcore Rethugs happy, this will be a way for McSame to kiss T.Boones ass..

Stand by for another McSame flip because it's about to happen.