With surrogates like these, who needs enemies?

Tim Kaine and George Allen debate energy and enviro policy on behalf of the presidential candidates 1

Muckraker: Grist on Politics

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, an Obama supporter who was rumored to be on the short list for VP, and former Virginia Gov. George Allen, a McCain supporter, took part in a debate today on energy and environmental issues, speaking on behalf of the two campaigns. Gristmill contributor Miles Grant live-blogged the event, and it sounds like it was pretty depressing lively.

Apparently, Kaine asserted that "we can't go to a no-coal future." Allen, meanwhile, argued that, "It's been said that Americans are addicted to oil. I think Americans are addicted to freedom."

They also traded jabs on nuclear energy, debated drilling offshore, and sparred over McCain's "gas tax holiday" proposal from over the summer. Allen also posed for a photo with a representative from a coal-industry front-group.

Kate Sheppard is Grist’s political reporter.

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  1. Charles Barton Posted 11:25 am
    15 Oct 2008

    Change with timeIt is going to take politicians a while to accept the fact that coal is going away, just as it will take the anti-nuclear nut jobs on Gristmill to accept accept that the only way to replace coal is with Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors.  

    Charles Barton

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