Newt Gingrich Joins House Protest

Via a RNC memo, the GOP caucus in the House of Representatives is successfully attracting some names to their protest:

House Republican leaders confirmed today that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) will join House Republicans' ongoing national protest over the decision by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to adjourn the House without a vote on legislation to lower gas prices and increase American energy production. The former Speaker will join House Republicans in the Capitol on Wednesday morning to deliver a message of on behalf of the 1.4 million Americans who have signed a petition demanding that Congress increase American energy production.

Newt's always been good at this revolutionary kind of stuff, but his cachet has sagged as of late. No word from McCain yet as to whether he will show up. Minority leader John Boehner is also "live blogging" and I am glad to see that my own representative Jean Schmidt from OH-2 is there as well. I put the live blogging in quotes, because I really doubt that Mr. Boehner himself is sitting down at the keyboard scratching out a post. Plus the frequency is not all that high for a real live blog. But two hours is good and whatever staffer is assigned seems to be on top of things.

You've got to admit, the House Republicans have jumped on this issue like it's their best hope of having a decent November. Probably because it is. But yes, on the issues, it is crazy that we're paying high fuel costs yet have energy resources that we won't go after.