Volume 23, Number 6 · April 15, 1976
Energy and the Politicians
By Alexander Cockburn, James Ridgeway
Are the nation's energy policies a potent 'issue' in this year's presidential campaign and in other electoral struggles? More specifically, are the calls for some form of reorganization of the oil industry—voiced by no fewer than eight presidential candidates, including George Wallace—going to form an important or a merely ornamental part of each Democratic candidate's vote-getting equipment? Is, indeed, the democratic process this year going to affect the energy policies of the United States in any way?
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