The earth may have a fever, but the Democrats in Congress have a headache; their ban on offshore oil drilling which is an enormous drag at the polls. With election day approaching, they’ve courageously chosen to let a 25-year ban on offshore oil drilling quietly expire rather than put the matter to a vote ahead of the fall elections. Lifting the ban will not have any immediate impact but it could blunt some of the long-term supply concerns facing the US crude market.