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Empty Talk, Empty Gas Tanks

(Larry LaRocco)BOISE, Idaho -  Former Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Larry
LaRocco has real ideas to solve America's real energy needs. Republican
Jim Risch has real talk-and nothing else.

LaRocco offers a thoughtful vision for energy policy: "I support tax
incentives for efficiency and alternative energy. I believe the
government should help fund research and development of alternative
energy technology. Energy independence will create thousands of new jobs
while stabilizing our economy, reducing the threat of global warming and
increasing our national security."

Spending $300 billion on smart energy programs (about half of what
Congress has allocated to the Iraq War so far) would cause our nation's
GDP to jump by $1.4 trillion over 10 years, according to an Apollo
Alliance study. That would bring 14,000 new jobs to Idaho.

Risch's deep thoughts?
"Risch says the nation "desperately" needs a comprehensive energy plan,
and he'd like a seat in determining energy policy," writes Kevin Richert
of the Idaho Statesman.

He's right. Our country needs a good plan. But Risch's website is mum on
the topic, offering a few pithy sound-bites instead of real ideas.
He is more interested in picking drapes for a Senate office where he
hopes to plot with peers such as Vice President Dick Cheney-the man who
met secretly with oil company pals to craft an energy strategy that has
brought Idahoans $3.50 per gallon gasoline.