One line seemed awfully familiar during the third Republican debate, held Wednesday night.

Candidates Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham and George Pataki declared their support for an "all-of-the-above" energy strategy – effectively embracing the marquee stance of GOP Public Enemy No. 1, President Barack Obama.

"We should invest in all types of energy," New Jersey Gov. Christie said.



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Or, as Jindal put it – without attribution to the president – during the evening's so-called "undercard" between the four last-place candidates: Growing the economy "means that we embrace an all-of-the-above approach to energy."

The candidates even went a few steps further, pledging to expand just about every aspect of the Obama administration's energy policies:



It's also worth noting that while Christie vilified "government intervention" to promote clean energy and halt global warming, and at the same time promoted New Jersey's "work with the private sector to make solar energy affordable," it was actually a statewide mandate for more renewable energy – known as a renewable portfolio standard – that helped make the Garden State what he touted as the "No. 3" solar energy producer in the country.