It seems to me that in order to get attention from the media, the GOP presidential candidates seem to find the most outrageous ways of attracting the press…
Mother Jones
Newt Gingrich is in Iowa today, visiting the land where politicos go to sow the seeds of presidential ambitions. Speaking at the Renewable Fuels Summit, Gingrich moved from token GOP gripes about regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency to a full-on call for abolishing it entirely.
Via Politico, we learn that Gingrich’s proposal is to replace it with the “Environmental Solutions Agency,” which “would encourage innovation, incentivize success and emphasize sound science and new technology over bureaucracy, regulation, litigation and restrictions on American energy.” The former Speaker of the House also noted that Obama should outline an “all of the above” energy plan in the State of the Union tonight to “truly demonstrate he is serious about governing from the center.” In Republican-speak, “all of the above” leans heavily on more oil and gas drilling, which Gingrich has repeatedly touted via the “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” campaign promoted by his 527 group, American Solutions for Winning the Future.
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