Obama to again target McCain on energy issues today

At a townhall meeting in Youngstown, Ohio, and in another TV ad, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today will again criticize his Republican opponent for offering "four more years of the same" on energy policy.

Obama's campaign has sent reporters excerpts from remarks the senator plans to make in Youngstown, and among the things he will say are:


"Under Sen. McCain's plan, the oil companies get billions more, we don't pay any less at the pump, and we stay in the same cycle of dependence on oil that got us into this crisis. The oil companies have placed their bet on Sen. McCain, and if he wins, they will continue to cash in while our families and our economy suffer and our future is put in jeopardy.

"That's the choice we face in this election. We can choose four years more of the same failed policies that have gotten us where we are. Four years more of oil companies calling the shots while hard working families are struggling. That's what Sen. McCain is offering.

"Or we can choose a new, clean energy future that gets us where we need to be. We can make a different bet –- a bet on the ingenuity, industry and determination of the American people. That's what I'm offering.

"Because after one president in the pocket of the oil companies -– we can't afford another. For the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, we must end the age of oil in our time."