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Clinton and Obama are at odds over whether the repeal of federal gas tax for the summer is a good idea, as a mechanism to help address the current jump in gas prices. As far as I've seen, a couple of key things have been missing in this discussion:
1. Neither of them can be President until Jan 2009, at which point the issue of how to address the problem of high Summer 2008 gas prices will be moot, which would seem to make it an odd campaign issue.
There is, I suppose, some value in getting an idea about how they would address this kind of issue if they were President, but it's not as if whether or not the "gas tax holiday" will happen is going to be affected by who wins the nomination.
Which brings me to the other point...
2. Hillary is already a Senator and actually has the power to try to make this happen now. She doesn't have to wait until she's President. If Hillary really thinks this is such a great idea, why isn't she working on getting this through Congress today? the idea even has bipartisan report. It could be introduced as the McCain-Clinton 2008 Gas Tax Holiday Bill as the two of them have been so vocal about promoting the idea.
Talking about it is useless, If these candidates actually believe this is a good idea, they should be working on making it happen. After all, unlike many of the other presidential candidates who are no longer in the race, Clinton and McCain are currently serving in the Senate and actually have the power today to try to make this happen by introducing legislation and using their leadership skills to try to get it passed.
If, that is, they genuinely believe it's a good idea.
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