Now, if you need further evidence that Hillary Clinton's colleagues aren't on board with the gas tax gimmickry she and McCain are proposing, here it is (from Roll Call, sub. req.)
When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) rolls out his party’s much anticipated gas price legislation later this week, one element that won’t be included is any sort of “gas tax holiday” provision.
Despite calls for a temporary gas tax repeal from the presidential campaign trail — and from some on Capitol Hill — Reid is expected to strenuously avoid bringing that issue into the debate, both to keep the Senate out of the Democratic presidential nomination fight and to sidestep splits within his own party.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has called for a temporary gas tax repeal, as has Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) — although unlike Clinton, he would not pay for it through a new short-term tax on oil company profits.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) prefers providing the public with a tax rebate to help out amid soaring energy and food costs.
Leadership aides say the issue is much more local for Reid: There is no consensus within his Democratic Conference in favor of a tax repeal.
Now, if Hillary Clinton really cared about this issue, she'd leave the campaign trail and rush back to D.C. to fight for her proposal. But, she doesn't really care. This was politics, not policy.
The gas tax scam does show that Hillary and her campaign are more than willing to screw over the rest of the Democratic party. If Hillary somehow steals the nomination, she and McCain would be on the same side -- and against the Democratic House and Senate candidates -- on the gas tax scam.
