Big Coal Guy News Today

Theres been at lot of hot air coming from the mouths of republicans when it comes to energy policies these days. on tuesday night, president obama pointed out governor romneys less than consistent record. >> when i hear governor romney say hes a big coal guy, keep in mind when governor, when you were governor of massachusetts you stood in front of a coal plant and pointed at it and said, this plant kills and took great pride in shutting it down. now suddenly youre a big champion of coal. >> whil...

>> i was personally struck by his humanity. >> they said we need to take care of those who cant take care of themselves. >> he totally gets working women. >> and today a group of women who work with romney when he was governor kick off a two-day "we know mitt" bus tour through iowa. romney and obama are also engaged in their own war over coal. a fight they kicked off at the debate tuesday night. >> this has not been mr. oil or mr. gas or mr. coal. i was in coal country. people grabbed my arms an...

Is it within the purview of the government to bring those prices down, or are we looking at the new normal? >> candy, theres no doubt that world demands gone up, but our production is going up, and were using oil more efficiently. and very little of what governor romney just said is true. weve opened up public hands. were actually drilling more on public lands in the previous administration. and the previous president was an oil man. and natural gas isnt just appearing magically. were encouragin...