Liberals continue to play their political fiddles while Americans hard-earned dollars are consumed by the fire of higher prices for gas, food, indeed, just about everything.

Voters are telling pollsters and the candidates that they are bleeding. Yet, the contempt of too many liberals for what individual Americans think, and feel about important issues seems to blind those so-called liberals from understanding the reality that most Americans live with every day.

While the liberal fiddle-players continue to demonstrate behavior that conveys a “could care less” attitude during these warm days of summer, voters who reside in the northern latitudes are right now reviewing heating oil contracts.

Voters in Northern states (usually blue on an election map) are looking at the black print of increased home heating oil prices, and they are seeing red.

The same steep price increase is true for those who must heat their homes during winter with natural gas, coal or wood.

So, the cost of crude oil poisons the cost of all other energy as well.

Most Americans have figured this out. And, more than usual at this point in the election cycle, voters are watching and listening.

The sound voters hear from the liberal fiddlers is not music, but noise authored by special interests groups, including MoveOn.org, which is generously funded by liberal financier George Soros.

Who are some of the actors holding starring fiddling roles?

The leading lady is Nancy Pelosi, D-California, who said on national television that she “would not support a vote on a stand-alone bill for allowing increased offshore drilling.”

Defending her party’s apparent nominee, Barack Hussein Obama, the House Speaker added, “What Sen. Obama said is what we want a president to say. Let’s look at all of the options. Let’s compare them. And let’s see what really does increase our supply, protect our environment, save our economy, protect the consumer, instead of a single-shot thing that does none of the above.”

As far as a vote being scheduled for additional domestic drilling, Pelosi said: “Well, maybe it will, as its part of a larger energy package.”

Ah, wiggle room for her party standard bearer — just in case.

The leading man role in “Liberals still fiddling while America burns” obviously goes to candidate Barack Hussein Obama, D-Illinois, who last Thursday in Missouri said, “I’m in favor of solving problems. What I don’t want to do is say something because it sounds good politically.”

The next day in Iowa, Obama did exactly that saying, “Instead of offering any real plan to lower gas prices, Senator McCain touts his support for George Bush’s plan for offshore oil drilling.”

Obama is trying to turn this critical core economic issue inside out by using his rhetoric to deflect and deny the obvious. But, his rhetoric continues to be lyrics from the same music book described above, crafted by liberal special interest groups and not in the interest of the vast majority of America’s citizens.

Obama likes to talk about “change” and about “judgment.” Both terms are used by the candidate, and his campaign, as foundational words in his general messaging in order to shore up the candidate’s short resume and absence of any noteworthy public accomplishment.

Despite the reality, the media tells us Obama is ahead; that he can run out the clock until the election. Don’t bet your house on that.

Those voters in northern blue states, like almost all Americans, have figured out what needs to be done. What worries them is that politicians either can’t or won’t do what must be done.

If voters conclude that Obama has demonstrated poor judgment in his refusal to change and support domestic drilling, don’t be surprised on election night if we see even more red on the electoral map.

Last week, we described for you a common sense plan that will reverse the long track of the current trend of energy dependence on foreign sources and turnaround the domestic economy. If you missed the column or wish to review it again, check out this publications Web site archive or e-mail us for a copy.

Richard Olivastro is a member of the National Speakers Association, president of People Dynamics and founder of Citizens For Change. He can be reached at Rich@Olivastro.net or 877-RichSpeaks.