The presidential debate Tuesday night hit perhaps its most bumpy stretch during the extended argument about energy policy. The question that started it all was an unexpectedly excellent query directed at the president from a Mr. Phillip Tricolla: “Your energy secretary, Steven Chu, has now been on record three times stating it’s not policy of his department to help lower gas prices. Do you agree with Secretary Chu that this is not the job of the Energy Department?” The rhetorical mayhem that ensued provided an excellent mirror upon which to judge the state of the energy policy debate in America today … and it is not pretty.
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