Kemp: Divided By Shale, Only Some US States Win

The Obama administration and congressional Democrats have struggled to identify themselves with the success of the shale revolution, given the party's reputation as anti-fossil fuels.

That is piling on the pressure on the remaining elected Democrats in energy-producing states and leaving the party struggling elsewhere as voters question whether it is committed to local growth and job creation.

If the Democratic Party loses its control of the U.S. Senate following the mid-term elections, a small but significant part of the reason will be because it has found itself on the wrong side of the energy revolution.

Shale has remade the world in the past decade, but it is also remaking the United States, reshaping the contours of the economy and politics.

(editing by Jane Baird)


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