She is right

I agree with Hillary on this one: Bush looks foolish asking the Saudis to pump more oil.

Hillary Clinton ratcheted up her criticism of President Bush today, mocking him for simply “begging” Saudi Arabia to increase oil supplies rather than having a real plan to deal with the energy crisis.

“I don’t think it is a good energy policy to depend upon the kindness of the Saudis … while businesses and individuals are trying to figure out how they’re going to afford nearly $4 a gallon gas and nearly $5 a gallon diesel,” she said. “The impact is really beginning to ripple dramatically through the economy.”

Clinton’s comments came during a roundtable discussion with local residents about a host of problems facing the country today, primarily economic ones.

“I think it’s very important that we do something more dramatic than going to have tea with the Saudis,” she said. “The Saudis may decide, well we better do something to help out President Bush, but that’s a short term fix. It is not going to have any long-term consequences. And we just have to take a different approach if we’re going to begin to get serious.

It sort of leaves you wondering, though, why she was pushing the gas tax holiday idea. It's just another short term fix.