There is no better candidate to oppose this year than BP

And that is just what candidates plan to do. Below are excerpts from emaild sent out by campaign over the past 24 hours.

Maryland

In Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has introduced a one-minute radio ad airing seven times a recording of his Republican opponent, former governor Bob Ehrlich, saying “Drill, baby, drill.”

“When 80,000 gallons of oil spilled in South Baltimore, Bob Ehrlich was the lobbyist representing the oil company,” a female’s voice says in the ad, referring to a 2008 spill. The speaker’s statement is sandwiched by Mr. Ehrlich’s recorded line.

Louisiana

“I was glad that President Obama took time to address the spill on Tuesday night and bring national attention to our ongoing needs, but the bottom line is speeches won’t stop the oil, restore our wetlands, and put our people back to work.  We need the federal government to understand we are in a war to protect our way life and we want results,” wrote Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal

Texas

“Bill Flores said, ‘with respect to killing the well, I think they [BP] have done a reasonably good job in trying to kill that well.’ Bill Flores is dead wrong when he says BP is doing a ‘reasonably good job’ and Flores is dead wrong when he says Congress shouldn’t be holding hearings now on the BP tragedy. Mr. Flores is sounding more like the CEO of BP rather than someone who will stand up for our district and the people of the Gulf Coast. Bill Flores may believe BP has done a ‘reasonably good job’, but I strongly disagree and so do most Americans,” wrote Congressman Chet Edwards

In response, Bill Flores wrote:

“Finally, in supporting a drilling moratorium and believing that the 2005 Energy Bill has provided a comprehensive energy strategy for our country, Chet Edwards has made it absolutely clear that he has zero understanding of the energy industry. Last week, Chet Edwards spent more time granting interviews and sending out press releases on college football than on any other issue – instead he should have been focusing on energy security, the economy, private sector job growth, reducing deficit spending, or as a member of the Budget Committee, actually passing a budget.”

New York

Representative Joe Crowley has written, “while many of us in Congress are working tirelessly to guarantee the long term viability of the Gulf Coast region, some of my Republican colleagues are simply looking to point a finger. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) went so far as to apologize to BP CEO Tony Hayworth for the White House’s demand that they create a $20 billion escrow fund for the victims of this tragedy.”

He ended his email with this:

“The most important thing we can do right now is to work together to preserve the environmental and economic future of the Gulf Coast region and to STOP putting politics.”

From Senator Kirsten Gillibrand:

“This is outrageous. We need a huge grassroots push to tell the GOP to stop blocking our efforts to hold BP accountable.”

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