MARK UDALL STANDS UP TO THE HILLARY-McCAIN GAS TAX HOLIDAY CYNICSIM

Hillary made a big mistake pissing off Mark Udall

No credible economists are backing Hillary and McCain on their lame brain gas tax summer holiday/vote-buying scheme. Funny that today's NY Times points out that as the Bush Recession increases in intensity and as inflation increases in intensity, and as the price of gas soars, Americans are doing just what Europeans have done about high gas prices: moved to smaller and more fuel-efficient cars. I look forward to the day when I can stop worrying about some cell phone chattering a-hole in a 20 ton SUV barreling down the road and paying no attention to anything around her (or him).

Anyway, I was very impressed when I noticed this morning that middle of the road Congressman Mark Udall (D-CO) took offense at Hillary's Bush-like attack against fellow Democrats yesterday on this matter.

“Senator Clinton claimed yesterday that I either stand with her on this proposal or stand with the oil companies. To that I say: I stand with the families of Colorado, who aren’t looking for bumper sticker fixes that don’t fix anything, but for meaningful change that brings real relief and a new direction for our energy policy. We can’t afford more Washington-style pandering while families keep getting squeezed."

It's a damned shame that Hillary has gotten herself bogged down with McCain in this senseless ploy to make Obama-- the one guy willing to stand up and talk straight on this-- look like he's an out-of-touch elitist. I would expect more from her.

As Obama has pointed out, the $25-30 that the average driver will save, isn't worth the damage it will cause to American infrastructure. Speaking in Indiana this morning, he hit back at Clinton's attack against him. "Senator Clinton does have some support for her plan in Congress. After all, the person who first proposed it was John McCain. On this issue, Hillary Clinton and John McCain are reading from the same political playbook.''

Oh, and about Udall... Hillary shouldn't get members of Congress like him pissed off. Not only is he highly favored to win an open Senate seat in November, he's also an uncommitted superdelegate-- or he was uncommitted last time I checked.