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Republicans navigate the new politics of energy abundance
Reuters: Republicans navigate the new politics of energy abundance
By James Oliphant
U.S. Republicans have had to watch from the sidelines as the Obama White House has taken political credit for America's unexpected energy boom and tumbling gas prices. Now it has left their presidential candidates scrambling for a way to reclaim leadership on an issue the party once seemed to own.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/24/us-usa-election-energy-idUSKBN0O90DR20150524