Obama’s Oil Reality Check

For Barack Obama, sensibly and scientifically curing the nation

The question is how to tackle the fix. If Obama is true to form, he will continue to surprise his detractors with centrism and sense. But his task is enormous.

At the outset, Obama must sever his allegiance to politicized fuels that make no sense. Gal Luft, energy guru and co-founder of the anti-foreign oil Set America Free Coalition, is among those who say the nation will never achieve fuel independence as long as the Iowa Caucuses remain pivotal to presidential campaigns. As a result of Iowa