81% of Americans Disagree With Most Democrats

Rasmussen has some new polling on the energy issue which should shake San Fran Nan and her anti-drilling cronies right down to their undies:

Americans overwhelmingly believe there is an urgent national need to find new sources of energy, and this need is more important that reducing current energy usage, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

With energy issues taking center stage in the presidential campaign, 81% of Americans see development of new energy sources as an urgent priority. Only 9% disagree.

For nearly two-thirds (65%), finding new sources of energy is more important that reducing the amount of energy Americans now consume. Twenty-eight percent (28%) think reducing current usage is more important. ...

McCain has gained some momentum on the energy issue since he first proposed in early June lifting the long-standing ban on offshore oil drilling. Most Americans have responded positively to the idea of offshore drilling which Obama strongly opposed for several weeks. The Democrat now appears to be more supportive of it at least in part because, as the New York Post reported today, “Obama's internal polling shows that he's getting killed on this issue.”

A separate Rasmussen Reports survey found that most voters like Obama’s proposal for a $1,000 energy credit for working families. But voters are evenly divided on Obama’s call for a windfall profits tax on oil companies, perhaps because many fear it will lead to higher gas prices.

Obama’s latest proposal -- to draw 70 million barrels of oil from the government’s emergency oil stockpile to help bring gas prices down -- is a lot less popular. Only 31% say that $4-a-gallon gas is the kind of emergency that justifies tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but 57% disagree.

I guess they didn't poll the "inflate your tires instead of drilling" question. I'd like to have seen the results of that one.