While I was writing about Senator Obama’s position on the proposed gas tax holiday suspension Senator Clinton upped the ante, calling on Congress to take an up or down vote for or against the measure. What does it mean? It means her rival, Senator Obama, would have to either abstain or vote against a tax decrease, something that would hurt him in the general election along with other Democrats who are up for reelection and would face negative attack ads from rivals at home.

“Do they stand with the hard pressed Americans who are trying to pay their gas bills at the gas station, or do they once again stand with the oil companies?” she asked. Saying she’ll put the question to them soon in the form of legislation, Clinton said “I want them to tell us, are they with us or against us when it comes to taking on the oil companies?”