RE:50 Million BarrelsYou say that it's political. Of course it is. Everything he does IS POLITICAL, and he and the Dems are worried about he mid-term elections, that could result in losing the majority in both houses.
It did happen to Clinon, which was a bad thing for the Dems, but Clinton was SMART, and Bill could handle it.
Joe, from Kokomoe however isn't that smart and he would have problems.