And as November approaches, more contours of the Democratic platform on what to do about it are taking shape, staking out a position that borrows from both the left and the right. “Republicans have totally fumbled the ball,” Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat and the former governor of Virginia, told me. “This is a huge opportunity for Democrats, many of whose track records have not been great on energy.” More Democrats in state governments and in Congress are “absolutely” going to come out in support of similar moratoria, McAuliffe predicted. Energy affordability is a key issue in Harder’s district, where he is running what could be a close race against his Republican challenger.