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Vince Haley

Vince Haley is the Vice President of Policy at American Solutions. Formerly the Research Director for Speaker Gingrich at the American Enterprise Institute, Haley is a contributing author with Rick Tyler of Newt Gingrich's New York Times bestseller Real Change: Moving From the World that Fails to the World that Works, co-author of Newt Gingrich's book Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving the Energy Crisis, and associate producer of Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, a documentary film hosted by Newt and Callista Gingrich.

Haley graduated from William and Mary in 1988 with a BA in political science and holds law and master's degrees from the University of Virginia and a masters of European Law from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

Haley has been interviewed on Fox News, Fox Business News, CNN, and numerous national and local radio stations.

Drillgate: Internal Emails Shows Obama Team Lying to Public

by Vince Haley

If you’re the President of the United States or one of his political appointees and you’re ideologically opposed to new oil and natural gas development offshore, what do you do when the public registers its overwhelming support for new drilling in public opinion polls?

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You dance, delay, and deceive. You speak melodious words about seeking the wisdom of the public in making these decisions and then ignore evidence of the public will when you get it, or worse, you hide it.

First came the dance. In August 2008, after soaring gas prices and a dramatic shift in public opinion caused President Bush, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, and Republican presidential candidate John McCain to reverse their positions on offshore drilling, then-Senator Obama also changed. The Democratic presidential nominee reversed his own position and that of his party, saying he was open to offshore drilling as part of an overall energy plan. The Democratic Congress followed a month later by quietly dropping the 25-year Congressional ban on offshore drilling.

Then came the delay. In January 2009, President Obama inherited a draft five year offshore drilling plan prepared by the outgoing Bush administration. The plan was already receiving public comment as part of the elaborate rule making process followed by federal agencies. Ken Salazar, Obama’s new Secretary of Interior, determined the decision about new offshore drilling was so important that he ordered a six-month extension to the comment period.

Third comes the dishonesty.

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