Sacramento BeeConnelly: A gusher of oil money flows in two state election racesseattlepi.comOil refiners and developers of a proposed Vancouver, Wash., oil terminal have channeled more than $1 million into two election races, a Port of Vancouver commission …

ReutersDemocrats fail to block Arctic reserve oil drillingReutersSenator Jeff Merkley, another Democrat, has said there is “something cynical and sad” about the effort to open ANWR because it would boost oil output from the state feeling the fastest effect …