Nearly all of the Democrats representing Western New York — including Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Reps. Brian Higgins of Buffalo and Louise Slaughter of Fairport — share in the blame for the deadlock because they are in the majority, and either back Pelosi or blindly genuflect before the no-drilling, no-refineries and no-nukes altar.
It is a formula for more pain at the pump and another war.
I’m not counting on the aforementioned Democrats to stop being part of problem anytime soon.
Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at Blogs For Victory. Follow Matt on Twitter.