"For example, any politician who suggests that our oil crunch could be eased if Congress would just allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is either trying to fool you or is a fool himself. ANWR exists as a political issue solely to give the Republican Party something to talk about when the topic turns to energy. Drilling in ANWR would change absolutely nothing about our situation."

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Sunday April 30, 2006

"Last week, it provoked Senate Republicans into proposing a $100 'rebate' check to ease Americans' pain at the gas pumps, while Democrats responded by suggesting a two-month suspension of the federal gas tax. Both proposals presume that this is some passing phenomenon rather than a fundamental change in energy economics."

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Sunday April 30, 2006