Why do they want ANWR?

That's a good question. I wish someone would ask the oil company executives that one. My guess as to the answer is that oil companies really do not want to drill for more oil. Profits are higher when supplies are tight. Why would the oil companies want to drill?

What I don't understand is the whole flight trip over ANWR to look for wildlife. I read in the paper yesterday that they didn't even touch ground, were they only looking for big game? How high in the air were they when they said, there isn't any wildlife up there. I think that it is also said that the Saudi government said during an interview within the last month that the demand and supply are such that the $4 a gallon gas price is way out of line. The government went on to say that the demand is low and supply is high so the basic laws of ecomonics in not applied to this situation.

I looks like your questioned has already been answered. It's all smoke and mirrors, a game the oil companies and Republicans play to keep the prices high and the finger pointed at the Democrats. Annie

Don't worry about that they will eventually drill. They will have to unless everybody wants to become a recluse because of high gas prices. The truck drivers can only afford to pay so much for gas.

Because then they'll have more land to sit on, ready to use to extort the American people when oil is as high as they want it (same reason why they're not using the land they already have, nor are most of the existing refineries working at full capacity).