official 10-22-2012 presidential debate thread

[Rucker61]

Yeah, the US will produce 19 million barrel per day. We will be a net importer for long time, and as long as we are importing, who would be a better business partner than Canada or Mexico? You are supposed to be good at math, mr. accountant

Good point, and it's all based on the price of oil. It has to stay above $75 a barrel, apparently, to make US oil drilling economically feasible. Once it falls below that, cheap Mideast oil is our best bet. What's better for America, producing more of the imports we need at $75+ with the resulting higher gas prices but higher employment, or importing cheap oil with cheaper gas but producing less ourselves with loss of oil industry jobs?

Also, is anyone still willing to have a dilbit pipeline run across their back yard now?

[Great-Kazoo]

Good point, and it's all based on the price of oil. It has to stay above $75 a barrel, apparently, to make US oil drilling economically feasible. Once it falls below that, cheap Mideast oil is our best bet. What's better for America, producing more of the imports we need at $75+ with the resulting higher gas prices but higher employment, or importing cheap oil with cheaper gas but producing less ourselves with loss of oil industry jobs?

Also, is anyone still willing to have a dilbit pipeline run across their back yard now?

If the jobs guarantee and lower fuel cost at the pump were there, then yes.
Environmentally we have been hosed for years, why not recoup it economically?

O's policies would increase regulation to the point that US companies would not shut, but slow down to the point they were just covering their nut.

One thing we seem to forget in the back & forth regarding O & R is this. No matter who is in office, with out congressional backing, their ideas / policies will never see the light of day.
O has bitched about his in ability to get anything down, when those of use who can remember (sometimes) more than the last week, know he had full democratic backing the 1st two years in office.

My biggest concern, as i have read others here, is O's ability, If re-elected, to nominate 1 possibly 2 SCOTUS judges.
Combine that with his distaste for America and blatant ass kissing of Islamist etc have us treading water in the shitter.

[Rucker61]

If the jobs guarantee and lower fuel cost at the pump were there, then yes.
Environmentally we have been hosed for years, why not recoup it economically?

O's policies would increase regulation to the point that US companies would not shut, but slow down to the point they were just covering their nut.

We'll have to agree to disagree here.

One thing we seem to forget in the back & forth regarding O & R is this. No matter who is in office, with out congressional backing, their ideas / policies will never see the light of day.
O has bitched about his in ability to get anything down, when those of use who can remember (sometimes) more than the last week, know he had full democratic backing the 1st two years in office.

The Democrats enjoyed a filibuster free Senate for just over 5 months in Obama's current term, in two different time periods.