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 Stories About: Al Gore AND John McCain AND politics AND presidential race 08
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McCain has done 'even more' than Al Gore on global warming
At least, according to South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham |
Joseph Romm |
04 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.): 'Climate change is the road less traveled but he's traveled it even more than Al Gore,' Graham said. 'Al Gore has talked about it and deserves great recognition but he was around here a long time and never introduced a bill.' Let's see: McCain got 43 votes the first time he pushed his bill with Lieberman. He added some nuclear subsidies for the second go-round and got 38 votes. I'm not sure he can lay c ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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What Al Gore could do
There's a need for someone to draw contrasts among candidates on climate |
David Roberts |
13 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I said earlier that there's no point in Al Gore endorsing anyone in the primary. But if he does want to have a salutary effect on the presidential election, I have a proposal for him. More on that in a minute. It's looking like John McCain has a better than even chance of getting the Republican nomination. He has the distinction of being by far the most sensible Republican candidate on the subject of climate change. It is one of his storied heresies from Republican o ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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