Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire – AP (9/23/08)

Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices this summer.

This is just excellent work. I think the only difference between the 12 years the Dems were in the minority and the 2 they’ve been the majority has been…oh yeah, nothing.