Gee -- it was only a couple of weeks ago that Rick Noriega's policy on oil was "No drilling in America -- take it from Iraq by force."

Now he's changed his mind.

Democratic Senate candidate Rick Noriega provided details Tuesday of his energy proposal, saying America needs to use renewable energy and find new sources of oil, in part through offshore drilling.

“Texas leads the U.S. in both fossil fuel reserves and in renewable energy potential and deserves an energy policy that takes both factors into account,” Noriega said in an energy policy document he unveiled in Dallas.

Interestingly enough, his position on drilling (and all the rest) now matches up almost identically with that of his GOP opponent, John Cornyn.

I’m backing several bills to move America closer to energy independence. They include the Gas Price Reduction Act, to facilitate offshore and western shale exploration. The U.S. is well on the way toward transitioning away from over-reliance on fossil fuels. I support aggressively pursuing every source of energy—including nuclear, clean coal, shale, wind and solar. We need it all. But as we move toward alternatives sources, our infrastructure relies on traditional energy.

So now it is pretty clear -- because he is too liberal for Texas, Rick Noriega has taken to cribbing his policy positions from John Cornyn. That being the case, would you care to explain to me why we need to replace the experienced Cornyn with the finger-in-the-wind neophyte Noriega?

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