you guys crack me up with "if the rep was in power all things would be well", let's get serious about this Tony.. the money would just go to THEIR pet projects and we as the public would still be in the same boat in the long run..

drilling in alaska, off of the gulf, etc and what we would get out of it would be minimal when it comes to the cost of what gas is today.. if memory serves those combined efforts along with the shale/oil wouldn't even break the 3.50 mark combined right now.. not to mention the time it would take for those rigs to be up and producing.. there are many other factors at work here other than just volume, looking at it from a global perspective.
i'll see if I can find the article I read last week on it..