Campaigns fail to focus on energy

Gasoline prices are hitting record highs, stocks of winter heating fuel are shrinking and energy costs are slowing the U.S. economy. Yet little of this is being discussed on the campaign trail.

Drowned out by Iraq and the war on terror, one of the most critical problems confronting America’s future — energy — has barely been featured in the blizzard of television ads, the three presidential debates and the stump speeches of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry.

And when the candidates do bring the subject up, neither of them fully explains how he intends to achieve his stated goals.

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