NYT: Vitter's dire prediction that drilling moratorium would be worse than BP oil spill "failed to materialize"

As part of its response to BP's disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration in June issued a 6-month moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling in order to survey drilling safety measures and prevent a similar spill.

As TP explains, while the oil and gas industry went to court to prevent the moratorium from taking effect, Republicans responded by issuing fear-mongering rhetoric.  The moratorium "could kill thousands of Louisiana jobs," Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) said...