Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100503:21:20:00
>> we'll ask the question, the president just moved into that area as a compromise and have offshore now to meet near term energy needs and then long-term we'll try to go to renewables. that makes sense as a compromise. now it looks like he leaned over too far. if you're an environmentalist you say this is what i was afraid of. >> environmentalists were against the president's expansion of offshore drilling to begin with. let's at least give them credit for consistency. the environmental left always thought it was a bad idea and, yes, the timing is interesting on this. at the very moment just ...