GOP blocks important Interior nomination

The U.S. Senate has got to be the only legislative body in any supposedly democratic country where the majority does not rule.

As another example of the evil that fills the hearts of Senate Republicans, now they've completely blocked President Obama's appointment of David Hayes to the #2 position in the Department of the Interior. This despite the fact that the GOP doesn't even have a majority of senators anymore!

Why did the Republicans dash Hayes's chance of being confirmed? It was in retaliation for the Obama administration canceling oil and gas exploration near national parks. So the right-wingers THREW A FIT like the BIG BABIES they are!

Americans had every right to expect Obama to cancel the illegal oil and gas leases. And that he did. It was Bush who approved the leases in the first place, because of influence by greedy energy companies.

Naturally, Harry Reid voted with the Republicans to maintain the filibuster against Hayes. Some Majority Leader he is, huh?

Energy drilling near national parks won't even come close to solving the country's energy crisis. The Republicans know it. The future is in renewable energy - not fuel sources that will be gone in 30 years anyway.

(Source: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/senate-republicans-block-no-2-interior-nominee)