President Awesome

by Josh Orton [courtesy of MyDD]

More from the three state Quinnipiac University Poll, on Bush's approval:

Florida: 27% approve, 66% disapprove

Ohio: 22% approve, 71% disapprove

Pennsylvania: 24% approve, 72% disapprove

Which makes McCain's decision today to hold hands with Bush as they reverse their positions on energy together all the more confusing:

The president's move to end the ban on offshore drilling reverses his longstanding position on the issue. Together with the other proposals he laid out on Wednesday, it underscores how $4-a-gallon gas has become a major issue in the 2008 presidential campaign. A growing number of Republicans are lining up in opposition to the federal ban.

The party's presumptive presidential nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, used a speech in Houston on Tuesday to say he now favors offshore drilling, an announcement that infuriated environmentalists who had long viewed him as an ally. Florida's Republican governor, Charlie Crist, immediately joined Mr. McCain, saying that he, too, now wants an end to the ban.

Quite a contrast with Obama, who stands with environmental pioneer Al Gore one day, then calls out offshore drilling as a gimmick and phony solution the next.