Major issue. Liberals want the best of both worlds- they want to stay out of the Mid East, yet they don't want to drill in Alaska. Indeed, I hate knowing the fact that we have any trade agreements with King of Terrorism Saudi Arabia. But we buy it because its cheap oil in return we will never attack them. The Bush administration has tried to make Saudi Arabia look like a close ally, but they really aren't. I am for drilling in Alaska. It will give the oil that we need. To me its common sense. Why pay for something that we already have? I don't want the Alaskan wildlife to be affected, but I think in the long run well be better off. No matter what we do, we need to get the hell away from Saudi Arabia. They are currently holding us hostage. And also, if the Iraq war was all about oil, why are oil prices here so high? So when it comes down to it, get out of the Mid East, and drill our own oil, both saving money and we will stop supporting a country that supports terrorists.