The Bush administration, with its doctrinal commitment to unfettered deregulation, has insisted that this situation can be resolved by allowing the states and utility industry to deal with it by themselves,

To those who say ideology doesn't matter, they should take their argument to President Bush.

The Chinese manipulate their currency and the administration should not have ducked the issue,

No matter what the Bush administration does, the public is never going to believe they're doing everything they can in the Gulf. That's the box the administration is in.

Its become perfectly clear that the big oil companies are cashing in while average American families are being bled dry,

I believe the war on terror is the vital discussion of this decade and of our generation, probably. To win the war on terror, you need a good offense and a good defense. On defense, I regret to say, basically, this administration has not come close to doing what is necessary.