Trying to shift responsibility to President Bush will not bail him out of the mess caused by his own inaction last year. Promoting price caps as the major component of his plan is just Gray Davis' attempt at a political smoke screen to shift the blame from his own failures. We all know that the fundamental problem is supply.
Common sense dictates that price caps act as a deterrent to more supply.
By advocating price caps, Gray Davis is hurting, not helping the problem. Even former President Bill Clinton knew this, as his administration resisted price caps last year. When both Democrat and Republican Presidents agree, one would hope that Governor Davis would get the message. Gray Davis' plan for more supply is just to brag about new plants that were already in the permitting process before he took office. He did not act in 1999 when the Energy Commission first warned of a supply problem.