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The Oregonian:

What a gas — [McCain and Clinton] can’t resist the chance to pander to voters and, as a bonus, paint Sen. Barack Obama as an elitist… 

This is an election-year sop, not a plan for the future… 

We agree with Obama on this issue. He calls it a short-term fix that benefits oil companies rather than consumers, and says it creates the illusion of leadership without actual change. But we also expect more from McCain, an independent thinker who rarely resorts to such political gimmicks. 

Most of all, voters deserve better. They deserve candidates who will concede that the federal gas tax hasn’t budged for 15 years — and that the nation’s roads, bridges and railways are suffering as a result. They need candidates who will look beyond the nation’s borders and address the falling dollar and the global demand for oil, two factors that are far more powerful than an 18-cent tax.

In other words, voters need candidates who will acknowledge what’s at stake after the next election — and the next summer vacation.

For more on Obama’s energy policy, click here.

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