Hey fools at least McCain has a workable plan. Obama just wants you to pay more though unjust tax hikes. Vote for Obama. I dare you. When you are broke and have no GAS, lights,power of any sort,
don't come crying. I will slap you all with the stupid stick.

If it's called the Lexington Project, are we all going to ride around on horses? Must bring back the good old days for Jon.

And where's the $300 million battery prize money coming from? Cindy?

I am a die hard Obama voter. There is no way that I would ever vote for John McCain.

That being said, it is bothersome to me that at this point McCain seems to be pushing the issues. He seems like he is a day or more ahead on coming out with ideas.

Thankfully his overall policy package is so terrible that I don't think it will sway voters, but I would like to see Barack on offense. Seems like Barack has just been reacting to McCain the last two weeks.

Obama 08′

@ Obama = 2nd term Carter………Mcain = 3rd term McBush. LMAO

Really? "Lexington Project"??? And last week, he told an Iowa mayor he "lost the battle but won the war" with the flooding. Does this guy have ANYTHING except a bag full of lame military metaphors?????

I'm starting to agree with the folks that say McCain can't think of anything except in terms of the use of force.

McCain reminds me of the scene from "Good Will Hunting" where Robin Williams keeps telling Matt Damon "It's not your fault" over and over again. McCain's energy policy is to deny the long term problem and to keep drilling with a happy smile.

You know, investing in alternatives like wind, solar, and hybrid technologies also make us less dependent on oil. Notice how I didn't say nuclear energy. If the goal of his energy plan is homeland security, why should add nuclear plants that leave millions of Americans at risk to a terrorist and subsequent nuclear threat. McCain's entire campaign is a time warp - a 50 yr old energy policy, a repeal on 60 years of women's/civil rights, all endorced by a stubborn 70 yr. old.

"There have always been critics of John McCain who cherry-pick his compromises, ignore his larger efforts and accuse him of being a hypocrite. This is, of course, the gospel of the mediocre man: to ridicule someone who tries something difficult on the grounds that the effort was not a total success."

Americans for McCain '08

So…if this is bad to buy from them….these Oil Producing Countries….but it is still OK to buy goods from China…..hmmmm….lets stop buying from China and build our good job pool back up again.

OK McCain….question to you then… lets the the Republicans to vote with the Dems and look into the Energy Meetings that the White House had years ago. Might be some good reading or insider information of how the gas prices went though the roof.

We're not buying it McCain! You can call your plan the second coming and we wont believe. You are so deeply imbedded with lobbyist and oil companies. How can we believe anything you say.

In 10 years, when oil is $1000 a barrel, you'll wish we started drilling domestically in hindsight.
In 10 years, when plugging in your christmas lights costs $100/hr, you'll wish we followed McCain's advice and built nuclear plants.
If we wait 10 years to address the coming problems, it's going to take 10 more years to fix them. I personally don't want to pay $1000 per barrel oil from 2018 to 2028. McCain is just being reasonable.
Oh yeah - and his $300M contest for an electric battery is just like the Ansari X Prize. It worked brillaintly and now we have civilian sub-orbital space flight! McCain's plan will work.

As long as you cater to big-oil lobbyists, there is no plan. So go ahead, John, keep ranting your fantasies.

As a 110% supporter of Hillary's "Insourcing for the 21st Century", I have read J-Mac's VERY SPECIFIC "The Lexington Project" and his policy combines sound energy and environmental policies to create jobs, jobs and more green-collar jobs!

I have forwarded The Lexington Project to all my undecided friends and former Hillary supporters!!

Way to go J-Mac!

Visionary!!

–rd84

ooo really? Mccain wake up we are on oil for long time and you are part of the oil compnies we dont need your flip flop. Obama 08!!!!

How lucky you are. The price for gas in Germany is double as high as in the US and still rising. Our unemployment rate is close to 10 % However, your Mr. McDrill, drill, drill is completely wrong. Drilling and constructing new refineries will take decades. There is only one solution for the time being. Forget about "muscle cars", Pick Up trucks and driving to the store a quarter mile from your home. Use your brain instead of your car.

Regarding nuclear energy, we had the same problems years ago. At first you have to answer the question where the waste should be deposited. By the way, does anybody remember "Three Mile Island" or "Chernobyl" in the Ukraine? So, keep cool and think before you believe in the words of a politician who is campaigning for President.

What's up with THAT? June 25th, 2008 3:29 pm ET

Off shore drilling?

Hell the oil companies aren't drilling on the 68,000 acres they already are leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. They are only drilling on 3,000, not even a quarter of what they can

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Just b/c you have a lease does not mean there is oil there!

Attention B H O: American innovation is not a gimmick. I like McCain's idea to include rewarding our inventors with a prize for break through solutions to our energy problems.

What a clown! So pathetic!

Bush called off the clean up of the Hanford nuclear site and they sent some off the waste to Idaho near the site of a new plant 40 miles from Boise where the FRENCE co. AREVA is building a uranium enrichment and nuclear power plant. This Fench co. also has 14 other nuc plants in the US because no US co. found them cost effective projects. THIS IS NOT SAFE! What safe is McBush talking about. The plant in Idaho is happening now -by France! AREVA has a bad safety record and has been kicked out of other countries - but we invite them in. WHAT SAFETY! WE still have 200 acres of land not cleaned up in WA state and Bush called off the clean up. NO MORE NUCLEAR WASTE UNTIL WE CLEAN UP WHAT WE HAVE!

Venezuala provides cheap oil and gas for low-income Americans. And no 9/11 pilots. Whose enemy, exactly, is Venezuala?

2025!! What the heck is this old man talking about. Now I know he's senile. I'm 65 and wouldn't even speculate, project, foresee or whatever else you might want to call it, to talk about 2025.

Too bad it'll never be implemented.

HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE WHEN WE'RE EXPORTING DIESEL TO CHINA AND THEN TELLING OUR TRUCKERS THAT DIESEL IS IN SHORT SUPPLY????????

HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE WHEN WE'RE EXPORTING DIESEL TO CHINA AND THE TELLING OUR TRUCKERS THAT DIESEL IS IN SHORT SUPPLY????????

MCCAIN IS CRUISING!!! I AM PROUD TO SAY I WILL VOTE FOR HIM. HE IS CERTAINLY A MAN OF SUBSTANCE. That girlie man he is running against will lose in a landslide. OR,,, he will try to steal John's ideas. He won't get away with it. We are on to you Nobama. We no you have no ideas in that empty head of yours.
MCCAIN 08!!!!

thekingofbluecollar
You have experience managing people?
Really? Cuzz..the KEY to a good manager is the ability to embrace
and implement change. Everyone knows that is one of the most difficult jobs in management. Companies constantly change to stay competitive.
How many people do you manage????

Vietnam Vet, who posted above, remembers what I was talking about events in the '70s. Those oil shortages always seemed to crop up or worsen when the US showed initiative to rid itself of foreign dependence.

Instead of a $300 million dollar prize, why not have some of those really smart people at NASA invent something enery efficient out of all those million of dollars the government is already giving to the space program. If they can build a rocket to go to the moon surely they can come up with some form of enery efficient battery for the general public. We don't need to go into outter space right now we need more efficient transportation right here on earth.

Yeh - SCARE us into off-shore drilling. Forget all the permits already in place -let the oil companies stock pile more. Who do you you think gets the prize? It's not like the oil companies and corporate auto industries don't already have this technology -right? How bout that ENRON LOOPHOLE? Got to protect your buddies Mc ENRON?

We need to "get off of" foreign oil. We can do that by increasing our efforts to not only drill offshore (which I agree with, if stringent precautions are enforced) but to also reduce our dependance on oil.

John McCain is trying to get that process started. We can't snap our fingers and get what we want, instant gratification isn't possible here.
No, we won't feel the effects of offshore drilling for a while. BUT we will eventually and our children will. The super battery is a STEP in the right direction as well.

We can be self-reliant tomorrow if we start today.

I read the new's a lot, I see Barack Huesien Obama talking about generalities a lot. That's a fact not one person here can deny. I see John Sydney McCain talking about actual policy decision's he would make, more importantly the exact specifics. Atleast with McCain you know what your getting, take it or leave it. Obama is a "rock star" but you don't know exactly what your getting. Think about it folks. Stop drinking the coolaid!!

Wow…I'm glad there is such intelligent discussion on this site…..NOT.

This is why Dems will never be taken seriously. Instead of discussing the issues, all you do is insult. It was the same deal during the Obama/Clinton primary, only then you were insulting people of your own party. Why don't you people grow up and actually take time to understand and discuss the issues.

"McCain is an idiot" sure is constructive. I CAN'T WAIT until you lose this election.

saha June 25th, 2008 3:16 pm ET

it too old idea for USA , like him

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It just makes me want to run out and vote for Obama when I see the mental and gramatical prowess of his supporters…

Google on "Bush Abdullah Ranch Pic" and enjoy some pictures of Bush and Abdullah hand in hand on Bush ranch. So much for "worst enemies".

Fool me once, shame on Bush. Fool me twice, shame on McBush, Fool me thrice … shame on me.

Not only will this out-of-touch, old goat not be alive to see this alleged Lexington project but god help our children and grandchildren. Like all other US business oil drilled here will go to the highest bidder, more than likely China and India.

He should call it the Pander Project.

He should make a statement about why he thinks those nations are hostile or unreliable for the US. Could it be that they are like that because of the ay they were treated by the Bush administration?

GWB and co have always treated all others as servants or enemies.

Remember this one: ' you are with us or you are against us' ?

No room for disagreement, just my way or the highway. Arrogant SOB.

His plan is weak, like clock radio speakers

Good for you John McCain! Now, quit pandering for votes, and tell us where that $300 million is coming from you are offering for a "smart battery". I hope Americans are really paying attention to this election, b/c the Republicans are doing and saying whatever to get a vote! If all of this was so easy, why wait until now to try to fix it! I think McCain is looking at the polls, and it's looking pretty bleak! Too late, DEMS will win all up and down the ballot this year! Go OBAMA Go!!!!!!!

OBAMA '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

His plan is nothing new Bob Dole must have gave him left over clip notes from his run in 1996 just before he fell off the stage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It amazes me to see how utterly stupid people that post here are. Utter morons, the whole lot of you.

The more he talks about getting oil independent the more I like him.
It is to bad that no one thought about doing that yrs ago instead of capping wells and stacking drill rigs in the early 80's. It is time this country gets it's independence back or we won't have any reason for the $4 th of July celebrations.
Where would we have been in WW2 or any of the other wars if we needed to get everything from other countries. But there are too many youngsters out there that don't understand all that.

"Strategic independence by 2025." Well, that's a better timeframe than he has for keeping us in Iraq for 100 years!

If any of you Bots bothered to watch or ready ANYTHING other than CNN you would have seen reports that some of the off-shore drilling can be tapped into in less than 1 year and the vast majority would be reached in 2-5 years.

However, since a big chunk of the price of gas is due to speculation, as soon as the market hears that offshore drilling is in the works the price will drop.

Economics 201 - for those with an IQ over 90…

I can't for the life of me understand so many of these comments here everyday. Such hate and name calling… etc

I can only pray that these are mostly posted by kids home from school for the summer and that their parents, older brothers and sisters aunts and uncles, and so forth are more level headed and understand that we are looking to move the country forward and not just vote based on which of these men has a prettier website.

Is he ever going to settle on something? Everyday he thinks of another lame brain idea. Give it a rest …please.

"joe in VA June 25th, 2008 3:17 pm ET

to the previous 5 posts….at least McCain has a plan. BHO simply spews a lot of empty talk then takes a bow for grand speech.

It seems t me that the only thing BHO supporters want in a candidate is a "rock star". The country needs a problem solver folks!

If all BHO can deliver is words then he is useless to the country!"

We needs some more actors to run this thing! Isn't there another senile, warmongering B movie actor in Hollywood that can run for President??? Issues don't matter, as long as you talk tough

Hey joe in VA….

Barack is still, you know, running for the presidency, so, there's really not a whole lot he can do right now besides tell us what he plans to do until he takes office in Jan 09.

And learn how to use the internet. If you actually visit Obama's website, you'll see he has plenty of plans; you're just too lazy to go look so you can come on here and spew crap like your last post.

Too little and too late. We (the United States) should have formed a long term energy policy 35 years ago when we were hit with the 1st oil embargo. We have short memories and refuse to learn from history. Every one want the U.S. to "do something" BUT NOT IN MY BACKYARD!!!! Exactly where are these 45 nucelar reactors going to be built ???? Where ever it is, you can expect huge demonstrations against them. The same goes for "wind farms" (see recent Cape Cod activity). Sorry, but no one in the american public is willing to give up any of their perceived privileges for a long term common good. "Let some one else do it." seems to be the attitude held by 99.99999 % of the public.

To all you socialist Obamabots, At least McCain has a plan! I realize most of you live at home with mommy and daddy, and wouldn't know the first thing about actually supporting yourselves. You will vote for Obama because he promises to be your great provider. You all really need to get a clue!

Republicans are you worry…..You should be!!! LOL

We the people have given the Republican leaders nearly eight years and what did we get:

***WAR
***HIGHER GAS (home and car)
***Foreclosers
***bad economy

No thank you……..NOT THIS TIME!!

We need to get off all oil not just foreign oil.

By 2010 and definitely by 2015 electric car technology will be cheaper and affordable. There are electric cars coming later this year in the 15k to 30k range. Depending what you use for gas 30k for a car would get you the same payments as a 20k car plus your monthly gas bill. I spend over 200 a month in gas, if i added that minus 50 bucks for electricity (that's a very liberal estimate) that would give me money that i could afford a 450 dollar car payment at 8% is a 22k car that i could afford for an electric.

This plan sucks just like the Republicans!

Democrats unite and end the McBush saga!

I support Obama, but I don't think he's a perfect candidate, and Mr. Nader does a TERRIFIC job articulating why. Despite this article's headline, which makes it sound like Nader wants Obama to talk jive, Nader is simply saying that Obama is catering to white elites w/ his rhetoric. Indeed, Obama is NOT talking about predatory lending, he's NOT talking about corporate subsidies, he's NOT talking about the military-industrial complex. Thanks for bringing this to light, Mr. Nader. This is why I'm glad you're in the race, even if my vote is for Obama. Barack's feet need to be held to the fire—he needs to be reminded WHY he's running.

McCain has fought for campaign finance reform.

McCain was right on the surge.

McCain is right on when he offers incentives to discover alternative sources of energy and calls for energy independence by 2025.

McCain is a qualified, moderate and proven leader who this Democrat can fall in line behind.

And, yes, I have listened to Obama's flowery rhetoric and have heard his empty slogans.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH, not even for the selected nominee of the undemocratic Democratic Party.

McCAIN '08

I do appreciate a Good Man with a Good Plan!

I like how your mind works, it is a now, and near and far future problem that will require a comprehensive approach!

Thank You! You have my Vote!

McCain 08

Hmm. Nobama supporters spewing forth hate once again. Good for you McCain on coming up with a plan on how to do things. It's much better than the Koolaid man's "I'll change the entire freaking planet for the better just because I said so!" Come November I thing all Nobama's Koolaid intoxication will have turn to Koolaid poisoning for many. CHANGE REQUIRES ACTION, NOT PRETTY SPEECHES!

McCain will be holding Sudi hands like President Bush was only a few weeks ago! Jack and Jill went up the hill!!! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that McBush is Jill and the Saudi's are Jack!!!!

Grown men holding hands INTERESTING!

LOL

McInsane, the old man yelling at clouds, needs to understand that an energy policy must be modern- McWifebeater just found out that the horse and carriage have been obsolete for almost 100 years, back when he was middle-aged.

Do all Obama supporters hate their grandparents? If the best you can offer is to make fun of someone for their age then that is pretty pathetic. Most societies revier and respect their elders and the experience they have and the knowledge that come with it.

But if you are uneducated and immature then follow like a lemming behind Obama. Barak has no plan and no clue and compared to McCain no experience, ideas or leadership. At least McCain is thinking beyond his presidency and trying to help America in the long run like we should have done years ago.

What's Baraks plan? Fluffy speech? Tax Americans back to the stone age?

You mock McCain with the stereotypes of the elderly, what about Obama's begging for money for Hillary Clintons stupidity. Talk about perpetuating a stereotype. Take one step back for all the progress you thought you were making.

Wow, the only thing missing from that annoucement was the commercial for Maypo and razor blades

Senator McCain is out of touch.
McCain and his supporters focus more on attacking Obama
than any of the real issues facing the American people.
This is why he is losing in every category except terrorism.
Senator Obama will lead in terrorism shortly.
Americans will not buy in to the Republican fear tactics.
Not this time! Go to Senator Obama's website and you will
see an energy policy that makes sense.

No more tales from the McCrypt Keeper!

Obama is not a uniter. He is the most liberal Senator in the Senate! McCain has been working with both Republicans and Democrats for years.

now is that with more oil drilling, or is that with alternative fuels? let's all wait to hear the flip flop.

That's right John, go for the drama " THE LEXINGTON PLAN", kinda reminds you of " THE MANHATTEN PROJECT". He has to have some type of WAR reference (economic SECURITY, energy SECURITY) in every thing he talks about. Sen. McCain stop playing the WAR HERO role, everyone knows that you were not a great military officer, you were a well connected military officer.
Get down to discussing your policy positions and stop reminding everyone that you were not good enough of a pilot to evade a SAM over N.VIetnam.

Get him John Get Him !!!!

Nobama 08

SingleA Parent in CA asks: When was the last time one of them actually got something through the group of idiots called Congress?

Answer: Hold your breath..because this time there will be a DEM Pres.. and DEM control of House and Senate….tee-hee

McCain just do one thing a time. McCain throwing mud on the wall trying to find something that will stick. The problem is all of McCain ideas come from lobbyist.

I agree with Willow.

Gore For Energy
Hill For Health Care
Leiberman shipped to Israel!

Mcshame is a joke he says drill offshore so we can get more oil while at the same time he say's we need to cut our green House gases how can you do that if the reason we have so much gas is oil in the first place? we need to get off oil completly that is why we should invest in wind turbines

You have worn me out mcwar with your endless pandering. Next thing you'll tell me is you'll make us all rich…not!

Joe in VA:

McCain has a plan alright - open up our waters to drill for more oil so that in 10 years when this magic "plan" starts to show the first sign of a benefit, the companies in his back pocket can reap billions in profit at the expense of people like you who are too stupid to know the difference. And they laugh at you on their private jets flying all the way back to Arizona, using the petroleum-based jet fuel people like you let them drill for.

Obama at least has enough intelligence to see beyond oil for energy independence in this country. THAT's a plan.

I can't wait until Barack is elected.

We won't rely on cars because we will ride rainbows and unicorns instead of cars. All the people of this world will stop hating each other and join hands and will lose their need for ambition and all the Earth will be a one big hippie village. I know this is true because Barack's speeches are so good. I believe all the things he says, even if he doesn't have experience or a sound knowledge of how the world works.

Wake me up when it's over.

"When we buy foreign oil, we are enriching some of our worst enemies."

i often wondered how Bin Laden was able to fund his masacres

Was McCain one of the many that chastised Jimmy Carter 30+ years ago when he talked about Energy independence and conservations? Bring back the solar panel on the White House roof.

Willow, from Iowa: I agree with you. Brazil did it but the USA we’ve only been playing politics for the last 30+ years.

THE MCBUSH PLAN IS JUST A SCAM TO MAKE HIS

LOBBYISTS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUR MONEY.

Now, this is a plan Americans can live with!

This former Democrat will vote for McCain 08!

All those who want to view what Obama's energy plan is, will have to go to his sight. CNN won't cover it in the same why they give favor to McSame.

Its the Lexington project today but will McSame remember the name tomorrow.

And the Republicans want you to trust this guy with the Nuclear button.

It's also clear that the Republicans are hoping for a 10/11 attack to boost McSame's chances

Impeach Bush Chenney now.

Obama for President

Is that Mrs McCain's money used for the battery prize - or taxpayer dollars?? No authorization/approval necessary to spend 300M??

1) The oil from offshore drilling would not be available for 10 years, according to most estimates, and would lower world oil prices by a few dollars.

2) $300 million might be enough to buy everyone in the US a pair of ethanol-powered rollerblades, not ween us off oil.

3) Elimating the gas tax would lower gas prices by a few cents. And we would fund our road system with….???

4) Nuclear power is a viable alternative, but who wants the radioactive waste? It's got to go somewhere.

Oil supply is not the problem, it is the weak dollar and speculation. Roughly $50 by some estimates is due to speculation in the futures market. There is always a give back on that eventually with the market corrects.

The second source is the weak dollar. For a debtor country weak dollar works great, letting us off the hook for foreign debt by devaluating foreign dollars held debt beyond inflation. The only downside is when we have to import something, like oil, we get creamed.

If we really want to lower gas prices we first need to get our fiscal house in order so that a dollar is worth something overseas.

Is Lexington the name of a drilling machine?

Of course, it merits investigation to see if he is proposing something that creates a sustainable energy plan, meaning renewable sources and reductions in energy consumption are higher priorities than nuclear power and drilling.

BTW, no one who drives an SUV (unless truly needed) should be advocating drilling. You ARE the problem.

"He called for developing green technologies, building 45 new nuclear reactors"

Green technologies and nuclear reactors don't exactly go hand in hand………

Just don't believe this man could achieve anything to correct the downward spiral of this country's economic position. It's just talk..

MCBUSH DOESN'T CARE IF WE ALL DIE OF

NUCLEAR RADIATION AS LONG AS HE GETS TO

BE COMMANDER & THIEF.

I saw Obama's plan and now have to ask where did he hide the details???

Off shore drilling?

Hell the oil companies aren't drilling on the 68,000 acres they already are leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. They are only drilling on 3,000, not even a quarter of what they can.

another mccain plan set so far in the future he is sure to be long gone, and the media attention will be gone with him as well. IT wont happen under republican control.

McCain is taking the lead in the energy problem…Obama is probably kicking himself right now for not getting on top of that. I agree with Matt above that the only way for this plan to succeed is if the Republicans and Democrats can unite on this issue and help lessen America's dependence for oil on other countries which helps drain our economy. Obama needs to come up with his own plan or unite before people start looking to McCain for the answer to the energy crisis.

JUST WHEN YOU THINK MCMOULD HAS REACHED

MORAL BOTTOM, HE DIGS DOWN SOME MORE.

HIS NEW LOBBYISTS WANT 45 NUCLEAR REACTORS

BUILT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AT OUR EXPENSE, UNREAL.

Uncle Sam tell me, you are really being funny, joking right? And just by a slim chance he became President you think he would even remember when he was being sworn in, now I am forreal Sen Lieberman had to tell him to turn the microphone around he was talking and the Microphone was up side down now that was really funny. And this is who U can believe in?

Obama 08

McCain, enough with your Lexington Project. I want to know since you stated today that you would not bring back the draft unless it was for "WWIII," just how are you going to sustain the troop level in Iraq and Afghanistan if this Godforsaken war continues or it escalates? How many revolving doors do our troops need to go through?

You cannot possibly promise that there is not going to be a draft to the American People, or at least, not those of us who think for ourselves as we know better. When the numbers of those entering military service drop, you had best have a plan.

Wow I saw Obama's energy plan at his new website and it has many promises but no details how it get there. No shock there. He is a lot of talk and no change!!

well we have already waited 35 year since the Arab oil embargo to reduce our dependence on foreign oil so what's another 17 years? Maybe they couldn't do anything since 1973 because they didn't have a catchy name!

Interesting that McCain's campaign are trying to tie words like 'security' and 'independence' to his energy policy. Sounds like marketing to me.

2025 for energy independence sounds like a nice BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) we can all get behind and gives McCain yet another allusion (beyond the marketing mentioned above) of a Kennedy-esque approach to his candidacy - yet more marketing here I am sure. Having said that, what McCain is missing relative to oil dependency is that it goes WELL BEYOND simply taking about it in terms of gas prices. What everyone appears to be missing here is all the other critical uses of oil we are dependent on and, thus, will never be able to get out from under.

McCain is simply marketing and sound bites trying to get elected. His policies and party are empty promises.

45 NUCLEAR REACTORS- MCSAME WORSE THAN BUSH.

WHAT STATE IS GOING TO STORE THE RADIOACTIVE

BYPRODUCTS??

Lexington. That sounds elitist to me.

It's funny, the left advocated getting us off foreign oil after 9/11 and were shouted down. Is it only legitimte if it includes handouts to oil companies?

I think the $300 million dollar prize could be better spent on fixing other issues in America. You shouldn't have to reward someone with a prize for inventing this battery. They will make a fortune off it anyway if it ever happens. Fixing what's wrong in the US isn't a contest to be rewarded.
If you mandate that cars have to reach a certain level of fuel efficiency by a certain time and fine them if they don't, you can bet the car companies will get moving on it. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if there is technology out there already but all the Republican oil buddies are holding out on us until they can figure out a way to make as much money on it as they do on oil.

…yes, a plan befitting the year 1775……

I think McCain is right in that we aren't getting off oil anytime soon, and so need to increase our domestic production. But, I for one cannot wait for the day when I can choose to fill my car up with gas, ethanol (from cellulose or bio-waste), hydrogen, compressed air, or simply plug it in.

Mccain don't believe his plan himself!! LOL.

This plan can and should work if it wasn't for the disunity in the senate and the House between Republicans and Democrats. I hope that Obama can unite them better than he comes up with policies of his own.

All this from a guy who said that we were in Iraq for oil!

Mccain is an idiot…Obama 08!

to the previous 5 posts….at least McCain has a plan. BHO simply spews a lot of empty talk then takes a bow for grand speech.

It seems t me that the only thing BHO supporters want in a candidate is a "rock star". The country needs a problem solver folks!

If all BHO can deliver is words then he is useless to the country!

CNN, you really should do something about the trolling flamers around here.

The Lexington Project is a fitting, clever name for what is a huge, comprehensive undertaking. Give McCain credit for looking at the short term, the medium term and the ultimate solution to our energy problem, tax holidays, more drilling and nuclear plants, and green technology, respectively. You have to address the whole problem and realize that different solutions are viable and different times, to serve different needs.

Obama is not for
1.) Offshore drilling
2.) Encouraging energy innovation with a $300 million prize
3.) Providing a federal gas tax holiday
4.) Relying more on nuclear power.

He is not for many things. Nuclear power are issue that the USA can do to be less addicted to Oil. Why he he not for that? Do not come with the Nuclear is bad Eco-Sheep mess without facts about the tech that we have now to use nuclear power.

A good catchphrase, but Obama wins on this issue.

OMG - a man with a PLAN…

it too old idea for USA , like him

When the other candidates are spewing hatred and giving speeches on broad generalizations, McCain is behaving like a President.

God help us if the country doesn't wake up and realize what a disaster Obama would be as president.

At least he has a plan for energy independence. Where's Obama's?

I thought so.

Here goes the ZIG ZAG DISTRESS on energy again. Let's give him another few hour or a few day before he get confused again and change his mind,

Has anyone else noticed the more he explains his energy policy, the more ridiculous it sounds? That underlying message of fear was there also. McCain and his cronies have figured out a way to tie $4 gallon of gas to national security. Since that is his only percieved advantage, I have been expecting this. Actually he tried this in his interview with Fortune magazine. HOPE HAS REPLACED FEAR!!!!

Subsidies for Coal and Nuclear is not PORK
because Mr McCain supports them!

Computers wouldn't exist today if not for the government spending.

I wonder where we would be if that Trillion dollars going into Iraq War
was instead invested in our own country!!!

Oh that would be PORK!!!

He might be, planning on 100 years of drilling in IRAQ, they have a lot of OIL, maybe he'll bring some home with the SOLDIERS in 2108

Mr McCain everyday ……..you show me something dfferent….300 Mil CAR deal ,Lexington energy plan………..NOW I want you to come with something new for these DEPENDS that you and I wear …….THANK YOU SIR !

At least he offers a plan unlike Obama who has no plan other than trying to steal money from the rich and beg for money like a panhandler for Hillary Clintons debt.

I so can't wait for him not to get elected. I guess the "Old Man" beat the "Naive Fool" to a good idea and now all the sheep are whining.

Obama can not vote "Present" while if he wants to be president. He is actually going to have to come up with some plan other than tax working Americans. Too bad he has none.

I think the plan makes realistic short and long term sense. While Green Technologies are the future, they need time to be developed. Short term relief demands that we open up off-shore drilling, and invest with renewed effort in Nuclear, Solar and Wind Energy.

John McCain is talking market sense with holistic long term environmenatal and economic security. To all my other honorable commentators..don't be scornful or plain "zzzzzzz"..shows lack of conviction. Just Debate!! Else, you'll end up just like your candidate..talk, talk, talk..TALKOBAMA- HOT AIR!!

THE INDEPENDENT BUT NOW GOP-LEANING

McSame, McPast, McNowhere but the lost and found of new ideas and innovation. First step includes Johnny needing to learn to use a computer then we'll talk about progress of the dinosaur age.

McCain labeled his energy plan "The Lexington Project"…as he put the finishing touch on it by dipping his quill into the jar of india ink and signing his name to it . Then he stamped it with sealing wax to authenticate it and preserve it for posterity.

well, look like you Obama 08 clowns are out in full force today. As i post every day I have more experience managing people than Obama. Won't you all be disappointed if he is elected….Change can be a bad thing and usually is….. At least McCain has some kind of a plan…or should he pull an Obama….and just keep repeating the same word. I agree with Ralph, Obama is as racist as they come.

EVERYDAY HE PANDERS. AM SORRY BUT HE IS BORING

yes, but do you have a WEBSITE focused on energy policy?

wake me up when you do…

OBAMA 08

Isn't it true that we get more oil from Canada than we do from the middle east?
If so, then how many terrorists are there in Canada that we are allegedly supporting?

Obama’s plan includes a cap-and-trade program intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by the year 2050 and doubling fuel economy standards over the next 18 years.

What about all the people that were talking about something needs to be done now???

Lexington- Home of the Lexington Federal Drug Hospital in Kentucky where the US Government during the Cold War experimented on inmates with LSD and psilocybin as part of the CIA program MKULTRA….Perfect name for a delusional economic program. Maybe they can add the Joe Lieberman Wing for AIPAC Foreign Policy…

I'll be dead in 2025, I need help now!

PUH-LEASE…

what does OBAMA have NOTHING

And Obama's plan is????? Oh, higher taxes on the oil companies. Gee, that will lower energy costs and makes us more self-sufficient. Hey Obama, economic lesson #1: Corporations don't pay taxes, they merely collect them (from guess who???)

Flashback- - -Carter said the same thing many moons ago stay tuned for the same old in 2025- -I doubt if McSame will be around - -if he is he won't remember

McCain deserves credit for actually having a plan. We can't run our cars on buzzwords.

If McCain's so "green" now, why has he :
A. consistantly voted against supporting any other alternative energy solutions except nuclear power ?
B. Agrees with his buddie W on more oil drilling.
Face it, he's a typical pro-oil republicon who will promise anything to get elected. No chance, old man.

Senator McCain is an honorable has-been with no chance of election.

One can try… and possibly fail.

Or one can be like Obama…. brag about how you WIL do the right and perfect thing…. someday… but actually never take a firm position on anything, and never actually DO something.

He has changed his position on EVERYthing during his primary campaign.

so we'll borrow even more money from china to build 45 new nuclear power plants with no plan of where to dump their waste? wow. and that would give terrorists 45 new targets, since we'll still be stirring up trouble in iraq and thereby helping al quaeda with their recruitment. this plan is foolproof!

The ENERGY crisis is being purposefully confused with the GAS PRICE crisis. The two are only related in that the failure of the Bush administration to address the ENERGY crisis created the GAS PRICE crisis.
Solving the immediate problem of high gas prices is simple: SLOW DOWN!!!
I pumped up my tires, and slowed to 55 mph. I now go 50% farther on a tank of gas.
WE NEED THE 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT BACK!
THIS IS A NO-BRAINER!!!

So McCain, did you vote for or against better fuel mileage for automobiles in the late 90s? Or were you once again lobbied to vote on the side of big oil. You sure are changing your tune these days, I guess all that "experience" you have helping out the big oil and auto manufacturers that greatly increased Americas addiction to oil is all out the window on this one, huh?

At least McCain has a plan. McCain 08

Why is everything about "national security"? I don't like viewing everything as if it were a War of some sort!

It scares me a "leader" has such a viewpoint…

Beats the rhetorical bragging of the yet to do something Obama.

Obama's energy plan is to what??? Do not give me the "find fuels other than oil" stuff b/c if you read that is part of McCain's plan too.

What is his plan??? What has he said he would do? I know he says what he will not do and the is drill. Well 3/4 of the people want to drill and that will go higher. If you say the poll is crazy that is cool but then do not be two faced and later state another poll making your point.

Naming his plan is another gimmick - he just heard people call for a "Manhattan Project" type way of going about this
so he named his policy - Im not falling for it

Obama has describes his policy in the terms of a manhattan project type of approach

Using the resources of the government and throwing everything we have at the problem, time money, the greatest minds.

Not saying that I believe Obama will do it, but Mccain seems like he isnt even trying

You better come up with something better than this to get independants like me to vote for you

Gawd!!! McBush has the tact and elegance of a dirt clod.

"Lexington Project"?? Only he would think he can score points by invoking the WMD "project" dedicated to destroying hundreds of thousands human lives.

He is SOOO out of touch it's frightening!!

Good luck to ya McBush…

Venezuela is one of our worst enemies?

I give credit to McCain for the courage to propose untested, but creative ideas. Salute That. (A pinochle phrase when every card in the book is a point.)

Does anyone recall the world oil market climate when the Alaska pipeline was being built? Ya know, the 70s? We had a "crisis" in the early, mid and late 1970s. The timing of these periods of oil shortages, which raised the price, coincided with iniatives by the US to reduce foreign dependence on imported oil, such as the Alaska Pipeline.

Will someone wake John up, and tell him we are up to our ears in lame projects. We need real world solutions for our real world problems, not cute campaign gimmicks.

Do us a favor John, get back on the Straight Talk Express bus, and tell the driver that Denny's is having a blue plate special. Go, relax, take your time and eat. We know campaigning must be grueling for you.

WHY is the media avoiding the Obama speech on June 16th that laid out the best energy/economic policy idea ever?

Wow John McCain is using government money to fund a project that would be better left to the free market? I thought he was a republican??

This looks like all talk and no substance, is McCain the new Obama?

McCain, you don't even know how to operate a computer you are completely out of touch with this generation. Your plan is seriously flawed and will only benefit big corporate friends such as the Bush and Cheney families, and of course you and your wife. You lost your voice you are a puppet of the republican machine.

"….CLING TO THEIR POSITION" Let's talk about clinging to the lie that there were WMD in Iraq, you know the lie that you supported in 2002 and still clinging to the same lie in 2008.

the difference between opponets of domestic production clinging to their positions is that the have a belief and a commitment to try to do as little harm to the environment as possible…..

on the other hand, you McBush clings to your position on War and the Economy because you are too inept and cowardly to go against your boy george w. Mccain will do or say anything to cling to bush's base, whether he believes it or not. He's has no integrity.

All you naysayers, what is Obama's plan? McCain's put one out there.

And remember, politicians running for President do this all the time. When was the last time one of them actually got something through the group of idiots called Congress?

Oh please,
McCain you will never be president,
it doesn't matter who you pander to any more
standing next to Obama
a young vigorous man
you looking like a crypt keeper,
it would be sad if I felt bad for Republicans

if I did….

great i agree we need to ween ourselves off of oil foreign or otherwise… but wait arent Mcants top advisers from ENRON? isnt his campaign funded by big oil people? PAC and the likes? didnt he FLIP FLOP on off shore drilling and BUSH tax cuts? i dont know how we could ever trust him or anything he says.
he seems to be the BIG GIMMIK candidate…"i'll give you cash and prizes just give me the office and your souls…homelessness wont be so bad, you'll get used to it"…no Mcant.
i wonder who his first wife will Vote for, why has no one interviewed her? she would have great insight to this"hero"
i dont buy a single thing he says, gave up on trying to remember what his position is cause it changes everyday.

You can't have it both ways John McChevron. First you say end the 30 year ban of expanding coastal drilling…then turn around and claim that you are for "green" energy.

Ditto for nuklar (bushism) reactors. We can't even fund nor get agreement for storing existing nucklar waste. Nobody wants to have a waste dump in their state, not to mention having the waste transported via train to Yucca Mountain or wherever it is the waste ends up.

Any real energy plan will have to have bi-partisan support. There are some really big sticky points to this plan that the Dems WILL NOT accept. With that being said, come November, not only will the Dems control the House and Senate, they will improve on thier majority.

Please read that you can make all the plans in the world, but if Congress don't come for the ride, it was all for not.

Now with a Dem President and Dem Congress, you better believe some green and energy bills are going to be flying off the shelves. It will be open season.

McCain's energy policy is counter-intuitive. The way to move away from the dependance of oil from OPEC is to divorce your energy needs from oil, not produce enough oil yourself to keep things at even keel. All that does is just put on a band aid until we realize 'hey, they still have more oil than us, and we'll have to buy it from them eventually or we'll run out'. Great plan for our grandkids, john.

Interesting he brings up his nuclear energy scheme in las vegas. Washington's been trying to turn Nevada into a Nuclear dump for litterally decades now. i'm sure that'll win them over.

OBAMA 08 The only sane choice out there.

I really wish McCain would quit calling everybody he doesn't agree with "enemies". When you put that kind of name on half the world, it doesn't make us lots of friends. Maybe he could just say "people with different viewpoints". LOL.

While I agree that we need to really start working on our energy plan, we should have started 30 years ago, like Brazil did. Brazil, who has now declared energy independence. We can do it sooner if we can get everybody together in a bipartisan effort to make it faster. Instead of billions of dollars going to Iraq, what about spending those billions of dollars on an energy policy that will actually work for our country. Al Gore, Director of Energy, HRClinton, attorney general, Obama 08/12

All talk. McCon needs to stop with $300 Million battery. There is already a super battery developed by EEStor but not yet on the market. Do they get the $300 million dollar prize? What is trying to do with taxpayer money? While respect his promises of green technology and getting off our addiction to oil, I just don't believe him. This man is torn between his OLD maverick side and his NEW superconsertative side. He hardly knows which sides to take anymore.

TOTO ALL POLITICIANS!

Take your phony, empty promises and pledges and stick them where the sun won't ever shine. The world is drowning in enough B.S.!

For all the Obama Haters:

Here is your article about McCain.

Now lets get back to business as usual. When is the next ticker coming out about Obama? I Wonder what he ate for lunch.

please, what does this guy know about oil independence?

“Opponents of domestic production cling to their position even as the price of foreign oil has doubled and doubled again,” McCain said. “They were against it when a gallon of gas cost two dollars. They are still against it when a gallon of gas cost well above four dollars.”

Man, I wish gas was 2 dollars! LOL!!! But to see it double is just crazy! Hey, I could care less about this off-shore drilling. Is not a quick solution and is not something it can be fixed these next 6 months. All I'm saying is if you're gonna do it, then why don't YOU help pay gas for the people right now??? Hey, I might be a conservative but I ain't stupid….

“Energy security is a vital question because it concerns America's most fundamental interests, and above all the safety of our citizens from the violence of the world,” he said.

Yeah, don't forget to throw the fear on at the end…

Now there's a leader we can believe in!

Americans for McCain '08

I presume by "hostile and unstable suppliers of oil" you mean the Saudi Royal Family which is the biggest supplier of Oil to the USA. This "hostile and unstable suppliers" aka Saudi Royal Family happens to be a family friend of Bush Royal Family and regular visitor of the Bush ranch. King Abdullah and George Dubya Bush would hold hands and his each other like a gay couple, during their walk on the Bush Ranch.

Whome are ya foolin' McBush?

lame.this isnt 1950s,john.go to retirement home.

CNN…………….McCain labeled his energy plan "The Lexington Project."……THANK YOU MR McCain………….THAT'S exactly what I call my SLOP JAR!!!!

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Wake me up when there's a new blog on Barack.

He can call it anything he wants. It's not working.

How about the McExxon Project!