Grist Comment Feed en http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-obama-climate-bill-presser/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:03:46 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-obama-climate-bill-presser/1 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-obama-climate-bill-presser/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:19:52 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-obama-climate-bill-presser/2 Hmmm. I think Obama used up his "Trust us; we know what we're doing!" capital with the bank bailouts. The enviro-activist worries that just as the benefits of that bailout went to the bankers, not the consumers, the benefits of this bill are going overwhelmingly to coal, et al. Is any bill/action better than none at all, as some argue? That's the same logic McCain used in "suspending his campaign" last fall.

]]> Hmmm. I think Obama used up his "Trust us; we know what we're doing!" capital with the bank bailouts. The enviro-activist worries that just as the benefits of that bailout went to the bankers, not the consumers, the benefits of this bill are going overwhelmingly to coal, et al. Is any bill/action better than none at all, as some argue? That's the same logic McCain used in "suspending his campaign" last fall.

]]> http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-obama-climate-bill-presser/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:45:27 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-obama-climate-bill-presser/3 I'm thinking this means the House has the votes to pass it--politcal capital is used in backrooms, credit for using it is taken in public.

]]> I'm thinking this means the House has the votes to pass it--politcal capital is used in backrooms, credit for using it is taken in public.

]]> http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-obama-climate-bill-presser/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:03:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-06-25-obama-climate-bill-presser/4 In which case Obama should muster up the courage to veto this bill if Congress passes it as presently drafted (or, as is most likely, in an even weaker form by the time the Senate gets done with it). But no, I am not hopeful that he will ever do that.

]]> In which case Obama should muster up the courage to veto this bill if Congress passes it as presently drafted (or, as is most likely, in an even weaker form by the time the Senate gets done with it). But no, I am not hopeful that he will ever do that.

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