Cantwell joins the chorus

Both Democrats and Republicans, including Cantwell, lamented soaring fuel costs yesterday at a Washington DC hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Several remedies were proposed, such as temporary repeal of the federal gas tax.

But Cantwell isn't satisfied with that. She is convinced the oil companies are price 'gouging', but "I just don't have the document to prove it," she said. And so she plans to introduce legislation that will give Bush the power to impose price controls on petroleum products.

Uh, Maria. Do you really think THIS president would exercise that power if he had it?