As the East Coast continues to suffer the effects of the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, debate rages over the political costs to the Biden administration. It’s not just temporary fuel shortages at stake, but the added blows of creeping higher costs for goods and services, the sudden rise of inflationary pressures, and the administration’s long-term push for a 100% clean energy economy by the year 2035. As Doug McKelway reports, the political consequences for President Joe Biden may prove to be more damaging than his policy objectives are rewarding.
