GOP rally cry of "drill, drill, baby" alive and kicking.
The environmental policy, which had gone so far not mentioned virtually the election campaign, and the topic of discussion on many issues Monday night. This is not surprising in the state of Florida, where the exploration of foreign oil is a threat to the tourism industry and the region of great importance in the current state of frequent attacks precious Everglades.
A reporter asked if he thought Santorum expand offshore drilling worth the risk, saying that not only will result in 5,000 jobs, while the oil tar can leave the beaches of Florida and orientation. The tourism industry, which employs nearly one million people
Santorum has stood still.
"What threatens the tourism industry in the state of Florida, as we see, is that the economy is very bad - and the economy is too bad that the economy is bad and why because of the huge increase in oil prices in the summer of 2008 until the energy is an essential element in everything except our health. Florida specifically, a destination, and this is the place depends on the people to pay travel expenses and travel to get here "Santorum," Everything depends on the economy are strong. "
Santorum should respond to surprise. The member of the Senate, former Pennsylvania time to dig abroad, in the protected Arctic Refuge National Wildlife Refuge and beyond. Moreover, like many of virtually all other GOP candidates, Santorum expressed doubts about global warming - and has a lot of companies in the field of Republican presidential.
In 2008, she appeared Gingrich said in a statement along with the Speaker of the House at that time, Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has urged the country to address climate change, and before fully entering the first point of view in his campaign for the presidency, describing it as one of the "stupid" things I've done.
Representative Ron Paul (R - Texas) At the same time also became skeptical about climate change growing. In an interview with Fox News, 2009, said: "I think the biggest trick that has existed for many years, if not hundreds of years it was a trick on the environment and global warming."
Santorum in the debate on Monday also called for the approval of the Keystone XL, pipeline, a controversial that the import of crude oil from tar sands in Canada, and was the subject of dozens of protests outside the White House.
"It is essential that we have a lot of domestic supplies, and oil, to build a pipeline, Keystone, to create jobs that provide domestic sources of oil and oil in the ground along the sea or pipeline U.S. to join the safest way to transport oil companies cause more problems than that, "he said. "Pipe is a safe way, and construction of this equipment, to our shores is the best way to create a good economy and a safer Florida."
It is not the first time that the Republican candidates and called for the expansion of drilling and oil pipeline dispute.
Gingrich called for a lifting of restrictions long in offshore drilling operations. Romney has repeatedly called for the passage of the pipe, and accused President Obama during a debate in South Carolina last week, of reverence for "the more extreme members" of the environmental movement to refuse to grant a license for pipes .
"You go around the country in terms of energy, and because it must undergo the most extreme members of the environmental movement as it moves through the pipeline, Keystone, which will bring energy and employment in the United States," Romney said in a few boos could well be addressed to the President.
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