Chuck Norris to Congress: 'Get Off Your Gas, And Drill!'

Do you get the feeling that Hollywood tough guy Chuck Norris is the next celebrity primed for a political career? Look out, Arnold. Chuck Norris could be angling for governor of California.

Norris, who was featured prominently in the Mike Huckabee campaign, is now pushing for the Democrats in Congress to repeal the ban on domestic and off-shore drilling for oil.

From an op-ed by Norris in Investor's Business Daily:

As oil and gas prices skyrocket, Congress continues to play the blame game. In April 2006, with the Democrats poised to take over Congress with Nancy Pelosi at the helm, she released a statement saying, "With skyrocketing gas prices, it is clear that the American people can no longer afford the Republican Rubber Stamp Congress." She followed that with a commitment, "Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging." So, has the Democrats' common-sense plan worked? Average gas prices were about $2.50 a gallon at the time. Now they're $4 a gallon and rising. Some crackdown plan.

Read the full column at the IBD Web site.