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Super Troopers Troop On The green take on Super-Duper Tuesday		05 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 10:46 PM on 05 Feb 2008 Coming out of Super Tuesday's primaries and caucuses in 22 states, the Republicans are looking ever more likely to nominate their most eco-conscious candidate, John McCain, who was the big GOP winner of the day. But green issues don't seem to have played much if any role in the Republican voting, and McCain didn't reference anything environmental in his speech to supporters at the end of the night. ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The green Democrat's choice Obama or Clinton: who's greener?	David Roberts	05 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Photos: Roger Goun and Will Merydith The following post was first published on Passing Through, The Nation's guest blog, where I will be posting all month. If you're a political junkie like me, all you can think about is the primary and the general election beyond. Can you remember a primary season so dynamic and volatile, so dramatic, so filled with hope and trepidation and the stirrings of something historic? I can't decide if I love it or I'm going to have ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Tonight's climate-less Democratic debate: Brought to you on behalf of ABEC	David Roberts	31 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I looked through the transcript, and as far as I can tell there wasn't a single question about climate change in tonight's Democratic debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. This is the fourth CNN debate sponsored by coal front group Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC). Not one of the four has contained a question on climate.
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Change we can believe in? What does the 2005 energy bill vote say about Obama?	David Roberts	24 Jan 2008	Gristmill
It's conventional wisdom that Clinton and Obama are fairly close on policy, so the choice between them will come down to "character" and theories of change. While I think that's broadly accurate, there are some differences in their voting records, and recently Elana Schorr took a close look at them to find where the candidates had made different decisions. One of the few matters of real consequence (other than the war) was the 2005 energy bill, ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

It's the Green Economy, Stupid At Dem debate, candidates agree on green jobs, fight over everything else		21 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 9:10 PM on 21 Jan 2008 Photo: AP/Mary Ann Chastain At the acrimonious Democratic presidential debate on Monday night, the three leading candidates bickered over a whole range of issues, but they all agreed on one thing: the need to invest in creating green-collar jobs. The CNN moderators didn't ask any questions about the environment, but Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, green jobs, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

She'll Be Comin' Down on the Mountain Clinton and Romney win in Nevada; McCain wins in South Carolina		19 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 5:21 PM on 19 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama to win the Democratic caucuses in Nevada on Saturday, getting 51 percent of the vote compared to Obama's 45 (and John Edwards' dismal 4). The economy was the top concern among Nevada voters surveyed, but the environment may have played a role too. Clinton tried to gain an edge in the state by touting her pledge to shut down th ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Hear You Loud and Nuclear Hillary Clinton brings an environmental issue to the fore in Nevada		17 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 3:14 PM on 17 Jan 2008 Hillary Clinton is taking pains to make sure all Nevadans know her views on -- gasp! -- an environmental issue: She would stop plans to store nuclear waste at the state's Yucca Mountain repository. "This is not just, 'We're in Nevada, so we'll talk about an issue Nevadans care about,'" Clinton assured voters. "This is an American issue." Yucca Mounta ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Comin' Round the Mountain Leading Dem candidates talk nuclear power at Nevada debate		16 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 2:18 PM on 16 Jan 2008 The three leading Democratic presidential candidates came together in Nevada last night for yet another debate. Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama all wooed Nevada voters by voicing opposition to the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository, with Edwards taking his opposition a step further and coming out against all new nuclear construction. The highest drama came b ...
Topics: Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Tabling the presidential discussion, part I: Follow the money How Obama and Clinton stack up on food and ag	Tom Philpott	10 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Now that the Democratic campaign has narrowed to two clear front-runners -- each of whom has managed a surprise victory over the other in a major primary -- the time has come to take a look at how they stack up on food and ag policy.If elected, would these prospective presidents kowtow to Big Food interests -- or work to rebuild local and regional food systems? To gain insight, over several posts I'll compare and contrast Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on three fr ...
Topics: agriculture, Barack Obama, elections, food, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

False hopes Are Obama and Edwards promising ponies?	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Hillary Clinton is getting in lots of trouble for some recent comments, but I suspect that while her message is politically doomed, there's some truth to it. Some background: At the debate, Clinton said that candidates shouldn't be creating "false hopes" among the American people. After the debate, Obama commented that that was like MLK, Jr., mounting the steps of the capitol and saying, "sorry guys, false hope. The dream will die." Then, today, in ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Moving money in the economy More on climate policy in the Dem debate	David Roberts	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Responding to some of the comments on Dot Earth: Obama is right that a cap-and-trade program with 100 percent auctioned permits would be the functional equivalent of a carbon tax. Yes that does, in Richardson's rather daft phrase, "take money out of the economy," in the sense that any tax does. Happily, the other half of Obama's plan is to plow the money right back into the economy, reducing the financial hit on the working class, supporting renewable energ ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, elections, Hillary Clinton, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Clinton v. Obama on energy Clinton hangs 2005 energy bill around Obama's neck	David Roberts	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Quite interesting that Clinton went after Obama specifically on energy tonight: You know, the energy bill that passed in 2005 was larded with all kinds of special interest breaks, giveaways to the oil companies. Senator Obama voted for it. I did not because I knew that it was going to be an absolute nightmare. Now we're all out on the campaign trail talking about taking the tax subsidies away from the oil companies, some of which were in that 2005 energy bill ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, Hillary Clinton, legislation, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The Dem primary endgame The candidacy is Obama's to lose	David Roberts	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill
One hesitates to predict anything in a race this mercurial. But I think it's Obama's to lose at this point. Hillary's pitch was always "experience" and (left unstated) inevitability. It was never the experience that made her inevitable, though. It was something more like Dem voters' loss aversion. She has always been the Establishment Dem -- the known quantity. She didn't inspire people, but she was a safe pick, a model voters understand. She could get to ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Iowa called Huckabee and Obama have it	David Roberts	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Sounds like they've called the Iowa caucuses. Huckabee's the huge winner on the R side, with Romney an anemic second. Obama got a very narrow win on the D side (35%), with Edwards and Clinton effectively tied for second with 31%. Interestinger and interestinger. UPDATE: OK, the final looks like 37% Obama, 30% Edwards, and 29% Clinton. Clinton only won a single age group: 65+ Obama overwhelmingly won the under-30 crowd, which turned out in record numbers. The tota ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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