(John Robert Behrman is an economist and fifth-generation Texan. He is Executive Vice-Chair of the Progressive Populist Caucus of the Texas Democratic Party and State Committeeman for Senate District 13 writing his column here on Texas Kaos with his personal views only. - promoted by boadicea)
 Self-proclaimed genius Newt GINGRICH has given John McCAIN and the GOP a clever, new gimmick-platform or, at least, slogan: "Drill Now, Drill Here, Pay Less!" This sounds like an energy policy. It may even work in the mass media for campaign purposes unless and until Democrats, especially in Texas, come up with something even more attractive and credible, not to mention practical and immediate, according to The Washington Independent.
In fact, there is nothing new in what the GOP proposes or has done for decades. That is clearly perverse: Crony capitalism, financial engineering, domestic subsidies, and foreign adventurism have failed by traditional national economic, global strategic or planetary ecology measures.
So, what would be better?
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