Oddly enough, last Friday’s impromptu protest held by a gaggle of rebellious GOP members of the House, gave most of those members more press than they’ve received since their most recent campaign. Odd, because this particular act of political theater was not covered by the cameras of C-SPAN. Before the sit-in morphed into a full-blown press conference, there was no ‘real’ media to speak of. But ‘New Media’ is different. It can slip in, un-noticed, via mobile phone or Blackberry and slip out via 180 character-or-less Twitter updates or YouTube videos; much like this one I came across at Red State (5 mins.)
I’m pretty sure whoever shot this was breaking the law, or, at the very least, House Rules — but I’m quite glad they did. I’m always entertained by politics as theater.
More posts on oil, offshore drilling, and gas prices:
- Obama Campaign Seeks to Make Gas Prices Irrelevant
- Poll: Americans Don’t Think More Drilling Will Lower Gas Prices
- Is McCain Serious About Cap-and-Trade? Economic Adviser Forbes Doesn’t Think So
- New McCain Ad Blames Obama for High Gas Prices
- McCain Credits Bush for Drop in Crude Oil Prices, White House Basically Replies: ‘Wasn’t us’
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[...] title of permanent chairman of the convention, and has been one of the driving forces behind the GOP oil-themed sit-in at the House during the month of August. The GOP message has been clear – sort of. Republicans want to drill for [...]