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While 70 percent of Americans consistently tell pollsters they oppose extending oil and gas drilling and other development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 70 percent of Alaskans favor it.
The WP has Clinton advisor Paul Begala's reaction to House Majority Leader Dick Armey's comment that if he were facing the same sexual misconduct charges as Clinton, he would resign: "If goofy ideas ever go up to $40 a barrel, I'd like to have the drilling rights to Dick Armey's head."
The merged company would be particularly vulnerable to anti-trust charges in its retailing and marketing operations, says the NYT , as opposed to the more competitive exploration and drilling arenas.
On alt.politics, for example, a couple of dozen folks spent several days drilling down on Bill Bradley's health-care proposal.
The Inupiat Inuit, who hunt whale, seal, and fish, favor development on the coastal plain--but not offshore continental shelf drilling.