Obama Backs Away from Moratorium on Offshore Drilling. By David Lightman, McClatchy, August 1, 2008. "Barack Obama Friday dropped his opposition to offshore oil drilling, saying he could go along with the idea if it was part of a broader energy package. Obama made his comments in St. Petersburg during an interview with the Palm Beach Post. 'My interest is in making sure we've got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices,' he said. 'If, in order to get that passed, we have to compromise in terms of a careful, well thought-out drilling strategy that was carefully circumscribed to avoid significant environmental damage -- I don't want to be so rigid that we can't get something done,' the paper quoted Obama as saying. The change is dramatic because Obama often pointed to his opposition to drilling as a key difference between himself and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain. 'I will keep the moratorium in place and prevent oil companies from drilling off Florida's coasts,' Obama said in Florida in June... Obama also said, in a separate statement issued by his campaign, that he supported the bipartisan energy plan offered by 10 senators Friday."
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