Today, Sen. Barack Obama offered a real life solution to Americans in response to the sky-rocketing gas prices.  Yesterday, Exxon Mobil posted record profits.  The oil company actually made history when it reported the highest profits earned by a corporation……EVER!!!!   $12 BILLION to be exact!!!  That is obscene considering the state of our economy and the prices consumers are paying at the pump.  Therefore, instead of waiting twenty years to receive a benefit  from off-shore drilling which Obama now supports in a limited way, Sen. Obama also proposes giving the American people a $1,000 emergency energy rebate check, and we pay for it………..with a windfall profit tax to be applied to the oil companies.  Impressive.  The fact that he has a real people solution, and a way to pay for it will go a long way towards putting gas money back in the pockets of consumers.  To be clear, it is in the spirit of compromise that Obama supports a limited amount of off-shore drilling. if the republicans will also comprimise and approve his oil company windfall profit tax proposal that will give Americans real, immediate, relief.   No gimmick, but a practical, plausible, immediate solution that offers real-time relief from the high price of gas and has the added benefit of being fiscally responsible.  Judgment and Leadership.