Sarah Palin Was Right #10: Ed Morrissey on Energy Security

Hot Air's Ed Morrissey applauds Sarah Palin for her op-ed on domestic drilling, debt and the dollar, agreeing that the former governor "once again showed the risk that the US has in relying so heavily on foreign oil when we have resources at home that could replace a significant amount of it":

"This remains a priority for our economic recovery, and Palin shrewdly seizes the opportunity to raise the issue at a timely moment. We could create tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of high-paying industrial jobs by opening the coastlines for drilling, most of which would be union labor. It would take a few years to start benefiting fully from the production, but we could be well on our way to keeping dollars at home rather than sending them abroad for our energy needs before then. It would make energy less expensive at a time when we need to reduce energy costs to stimulate the economy in a real way."

Morrissey says relatively low pump prices we are currently paying should not blind us to the fact that the need for domestic drilling is just as urgent it was last year, if not more so.

Captain Ed from Minnesota and Citizen Sarah of Alaska will get no disagreement on the need for energy security from this Texan.

- JP