The first pres. candidate to make the pledge 3

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   Greta Posted 8:16 am
   16 Mar 2007

   Just between us...Here's a hypothesis:  Al Gore is secretly running his 2008 presidential campaign through J. Edwards, who he intends to take as his running mate. Through Edwards, he can test run and refine the platform until he announces. Gore milks the soft media through his climate change project, while Edwards takes the hard media heat...afterall, as a vice-presidential candidate, Edward's 'dirt' would be rendered pretty meaningless.  They are quite a clever duo, that Batman and Robin.  Well played!
   [Ya gotta admit, this would be the most brillant campaign strategy in the history of politics, and therefore deserving of the executive crown.]
   ...Well, if we aren't going to get the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert ticket, this one works for me.
   One man, one vote.
   Greta
   
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   caniscandida Posted 10:27 pm
   16 Mar 2007

   big storyDid the very young journalist Shadia Wood, writing for itsgettinghotinhere.org, actually break this story?  If so, she deserves a lot of credit.  Also, another student (?) wrote to say that she had been present at the Howard session and had got Edwards' commitment on video, and had put it on YouTube.  Let us hope that the more established news services, not just Grist, will pick this up and run with it.
   Maybe Grist should hire Shadia.  Do you think she would like that DC job?
   Bill McKibben calls a commitment such as the one Edwards has made "our last meaningful chance."  Reviewing the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report in the 3/15 New York Review of Books, he writes (p. 45):
   
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   ... any useful legislation will have to feature both a very rapid start to reductions and a long and uncompromising mandate to continue them.  [VT Independent Senator Bernie] Sanders's bill, also endorsed by California's Barbara Boxer, who heads the relevant committee, comes closest to that standard.  It calls for an eventual 80 percent cut in emissions by 2050.  McCain's bill, cosponsored by one of his challengers for the presidency, Barack Obama, is somewhat weaker in its eventual targets.  But the bargaining has barely begun, and in any event quick initial implementation of any cuts will be almost as important as the final numbers.
   ... What's happening now has much to do with positioning for the next presidential election, and the legislation that will eventually be passed and signed in 2009.  What the IPCC report makes clear by implication is that that legislation will be our last meaningful chance: anything less than an all-out assault on carbon in our economy will be rendered meaningless by the increasing momentum of global warming.
   
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   Doug Snodgrass Posted 3:13 pm
   18 Mar 2007

   #2 Issue in 2008This is going to be an issue second only in magnitude to Iraq. Mark my words, every viable candidate will be forced to outline a plan to deal with global warming.
   
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