Mitt Romney Embraces Exhausted Idea: 'Energy Independence' by 2020

Boldly going where virtually every presidential candidate since October 1973 has gone before, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney today will reportedly unveil a plan to achieve "energy independence" in the not-so-near future.

While Romney has added the "North American" modifier, and some of his ideas for how to get there may make sense, the goal itself is a populist and even dangerous non-sequitur, as explained previously at Reason by Ronald Bailey, Brian Doherty, John Stossel, Steve Chapman, and me.