Uh-Oh. No News Conference After All

Dems In Disarray

Yesterday, the Democrats' House leadership announced with considerable fanfare that Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn, Rahm Emanuel and John Larson would hold a news conference at 11:30 this morning "to discuss the New Direction Congress' efforts to lower gas prices."

Here is the press release; click to enlarge:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/PressConference61.php

This morning, the news conference was canceled. The Democrats don't have an energy policy, and they can't think of one. The truth is that the "New Direction Congress" has done nothing whatsoever to lower gas prices, and, on the contrary, the Democrats have blocked all efforts by Republican members to enact policies that would have that result. At the moment, the Dems aren't even able to come up with a plausible cover story, let alone a constructive energy policy