It just shows that the governor's fundraising is on automatic pilot. Only when there's a spotlight cast on his activities will he ever think about returning the money.

As we do at such times I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so that I could concentrate all my powers on surviving the near-mortal wound inside.

The answer is not more carrots for the industry, like gutting environmental laws and immunizing companies for the harm they cause, but sticks, such as forcing companies to invest in beefing up refining capacity when it is needed,

This is a staggering profit and proof that we are being gouged by the oil industry,

is a way special interests have found to get lawmakers to do what they want.

If I came to my job and a third of the time didn't do what I was supposed to, I wouldn't have a job,