Will drilling offshore in Florida help to drastically lower gas prices?

No, the oil industry has million of acres of oil lease areas they can drill in and don't. This is just another republican distraction from Iraq, health care, economy, and the environment. If you want to lower the price use a lot less. The fastest way to do that is raise fuel efficiency standards for autos and trucks. Moving quickly to CNG fueled cars and electric cars would do more faster and be better for our country in numerous ways. (edit) Drilling will not increase gas supply due to limited refinery capacity so most of the above supply comments are simplistic and incorrect.