Goes to the WSJ's “New Administration Would Risk Backlash With Gas-Drilling Reversal.”

It's about the possible political drawbacks the Obama administration would face for taking quick action to reverse the current White House's decision to expand natural-gas drilling in Utah. That's all well and good in terms of a legit news story.

But the Journal never points to any proof (i.e. polling data) to substantiate the claim that Obama would face a “backlash” if he halted the drilling. The closest the article comes is here:

John P. Burke, a professor at the University of Vermont who wrote a book on presidential transitions, said the incoming administration risks a partisan backlash if it clamps down too hard on drilling -- especially coming off a campaign in which a potent Republican rallying cry was “Drill, baby, drill!”

So basically, hardcore Republicans might be upset with the gas-drilling reversal. But we're pretty sure partisan Republicans are going to be upset by all sorts of initiatives taken by the Obama team.

To us, that hardly constitutes a “backlash.”