The Democrats are willing to sacrifice the country in order to gain political power. They were willing to harm the country with regard to Iraq in the 2006 election, and they are willing to do the same now with regard to energy. I suppose some may say that the Democrats have a plan. If so, they have not said what it is beyond a fantasy about "green" energy. The plan is probably like the plan to reduce gasoline prices that Nancy Pelosi said she had in 2006. She has yet to implement the plan, whatever it was. Here is another item from Powerline on the latest Democrat activities in Congress:

The economy is teetering on the brink, as oil hits record highs and no relief, in the form of increased supply, is in sight. Astonishingly, the Democrats are determined to allow no energy legislation to pass the Congress. This morning, the New York Times reported that Nancy Pelosi has dug in her heels in opposition to gas price relief:

According to accounts from those present, Ms. Pelosi said that if Democrats relented on drilling, “then we might as well pack it up and go home."

So that's what the Democrats will do: pack up and go home, rather than try to bring relief to consumers and businesses staggering under the weight of record energy prices.

The inevitable result will be economic hardship. It's hard to avoid the inference that the Democrats want the economy to get worse, in the expectation that hardship will help their prospects in November. Who knows, they could be right. But it is hard to imagine a more cynical calculation. In Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, we have as cynical a political gang as has ever been assembled.