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Obama Has to See the Light on Nat Gas

By Jim Cramer

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 Maybe President Obama can make the transition to natural gas that Ed Rendell just did in Pennsylvania. The transition is a simple one: Focus on jobs and many things go well; don't focus on jobs and you aren't focused on anything. When I first heard of the Marcellus Shale from Aubrey McClendon of Chesapeake, I was pretty much in disbelief. How could there be so much natural gas in some place in western Pennsylvania? Too good to be true. That was just a few years ago. I devoured everything I could read about the Marcellus Shale and quickly asked the governor to come on the show. I had known him for years, had helped raise money for him and thought this natural gas patch might be the thing he needed to get people in his state hiring again in good jobs. Initially, he didn't seem all that interested....

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