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Mittster attacks McCain on climate Could Romney's climate contrarianism come back to bite him in the general?	David Roberts	27 Jan 2008	Gristmill
It's becoming increasingly clear that the Republican race is down to McCain and Romney, and they are rapidly escalating their attacks on one another. Romney is now using McCain's climate legislation against him: In a new line of attack, Romney then tore into the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act. "Instead of seeing if there's a way of stimulating the economy, McCain-Lieberman would depress the economy," Romney said. "His plan cal ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, legislation, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Climate change in last night's GOP debate McCain's doubletalk express on global warming	Joseph Romm	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill
If you think Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is a straight-talking, courageous politician on the issue of global warming, watch this jaw-dropping clip from last night's Republican presidential debate: The transcript is online, so we can go through McCain's entire Orwellian answer to moderator Tim Russert. [Note: This was following a question to Giuliani about the global warming threat to Florida and his opposition to mandatory caps, which I'll briefly discu ...
Topics: carbon trading, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

John McCain: Patsy of the Democratic Left? Even Republicans will have to acknowledge global warming in the presidential race	Kit Stolz	25 Jan 2008	Gristmill
In a report for 'The Campaign Spot' on the National Review, Jim Geraghty gently broke the bad news to conservatives that yes, global warming will be an issue in the 2008 campaign, and the Republican party will concede the time has now come to act to reduce the risks. To make his case, first Geraghty gave the mic to a fire-breathing Giuliani supporter named Robert Tracinski, who declared for Real Clear Politics: But the biggest problem for Republicans with McCain's c ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Like a red-headed step planet How will climate play in the general election?	David Roberts	23 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This CQ article is disturbing for two reasons. One, it confirms my worst fears about a McCain candidacy: Today, McCain's position would be relatively close to that of the Democratic nominee in a general election. Only on the most superficial level, but then, I guess that's the level we play on during campaigns. ... if Republicans nominate a cap-and-trade proponent for president -- McCain or possibly Huckabee -- the GOP side could play up the issue in an atte ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, 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)

Mitt Me With Your Best Shot Romney wins Michigan GOP primary after bashing McCain on fuel economy		15 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 7:18 PM on 15 Jan 2008 Mitt Romney won Michigan's Republican primary on Tuesday, after whacking John McCain for supporting tougher fuel-economy regulations and promoting "radical climate change legislation." Romney portrayed himself as a defender of Michigan's floundering auto industry and said the automakers shouldn't be burdened with having to produce more fuel-efficient cars ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, Michigan, Mitt Romney, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Green in sheep's clothing? Pro-warming Romney has sham slam on McCain	Joseph Romm	15 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Think Progress has the whole story, but I'll repeat it here, since, tragically, it may represent the shape of things to come in climate politics for many years, making it hard for Republicans to do the moral thing on climate: Last weekend, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) slammed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for supporting 'radical climate change legislation,' and 'pushing for a massive new energy tax.' Romney is using an anti-environment front group, ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Pandering in Michigan Romney and McCain treat Michigan workers like credulous children	David Roberts	14 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Romney and McCain are campaigning furiously in Michigan, and it's tight. Romney, for whom Michigan is make-or-break, seems to have decided it's in his best interests to sell fantasies: Mr. Romney criticized the energy bill signed into law last month by President Bush that requires cars and trucks sold in the United States to achieve a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Substantial majorities in both parties in both houses of Congress approved the mea ...
Topics: elections, energy, John McCain, Michigan, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: Al Gore, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain on climate and coal in Michigan Rubber, meet road	David Roberts	13 Jan 2008	Gristmill
So, McCain made a big deal out of climate change before the New Hampshire primary, sucking up to the state's independents. Now the Republicans are heading to Michigan, where there's an epic fight going on between environmentalists and massive rush of proposed new coal plants. Think McCain will take sides in that struggle?
Topics: climate, coal, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Granite State Update Clinton and McCain win New Hampshire primaries, attract green voters		09 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 10:42 AM on 09 Jan 2008 Unseasonably warm weather brought out a record number of voters in New Hampshire's primary on Tuesday -- and is it mere coincidence that the majority of them voted for candidates with real plans to tackle climate change? Well, OK, probably yes. Hillary Clinton was the victor on the Democratic side; she's got a strong platform on climate and clean energy (though her main Dem ...
Topics: climate, elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, New Hampshire, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

New Hampshire results McCain and Clinton win	David Roberts	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I go get my hair cut and look what happens. McCain has won the NH primary with 37 percent to Romney's 30 percent. That's roughly what was expected.The huge news, though, is that Clinton is ahead, with 39 percent to Obama's 36 percent.If Clinton pulls out a win in NH it's going to flip the entire campaign narrative yet again, demonstrating that pundits don't know sht and voters know how to make up their own minds. UPDATE: NPR has called it for Clinton, 39-36. Edwar ...*
Topics: elections, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, New Hampshire, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain Is Able McCain wins in New Hampshire, after trolling for green votes		08 Jan 2008	News
Posted at 6:00 PM on 08 Jan 2008 Unseasonably warm weather brought out a surge of voters in New Hampshire's primary -- and is it mere coincidence that the only Republican with a real plan to tackle climate change won? Well, OK, probably yes. But John McCain, who handily prevailed in the Granite State's GOP primary, did make a deliberate appeal to New Hampshire voters who care about the environment. "I will clean ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

A thought out of season Noise, signal, and the presidential election	Tom Philpott	06 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Say David is right and the 2008 presidential election comes down to Obama vs. McCain. That means we're looking at historic, though frankly probably inadequate, climate-change legislation. On foreign policy, McCain has been an abysmal apologist for the Iraq debacle. That doesn't bode well. But Obama, to prove he's not a weak-kneed liberal, might be goaded into taking crudely aggressive stances -- just as Bill Clinton seemed to take a poke at Iraq every time Monica-g ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

How will climate play out in an Obama v. McCain race? Will climate wash out as an issue or help the greener candidate?	David Roberts	04 Jan 2008	Gristmill
If we end up with an Obama v. Romney/Giuliani/Thompson race, the green dynamic will be simple. The guy who wants to do something about global warming vs. the guy who prefers the energy status quo. But if, as I'm now (wildly and irresponsibly) predicting, it's an Obama v. McCain race, the dynamic shifts in some interesting ways. If you're a pessimistic sort, you might guess that McCain's early and courageous advocacy on climate change will neutralize the climate issu ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Iowa, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The Republican primary endgame McCain will likely take it after all	David Roberts	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The Republican primary race has been astonishing from the word go -- less the embarrassment of riches of the Dem side than just ... embarrassment. It's been a roller coaster. Nonetheless, I'm going to go on the record predicting that McCain will take it. Here's how I see it. Way back when, Santorum lost his Senate race and Bill Frist became a national joke and George Allen became a noncandidate thanks to macaca. At that point, everyone thought it was McCain's to lose ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain Reaction Sen. Joe Lieberman endorses Sen. John McCain for president		17 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:02 PM on 17 Dec 2007 Used-to-be-Democrat-but-now-Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.) has angered Democrats by endorsing Republican Sen. John McCain for president. The two men have similar views on the war in Iraq (pro) and terrorism (anti), but Lieberman says his endorsement was also for McCain's commitment to the environment and fighting climate change. The two joined their names to pen the first Senate b ...
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Masters of their domain Politicians and the art of deception	biodiversivist	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Compare this video (posted by David) of Hillary squirming while she tells a whopper with the video below of McCain being brutally honest (via a comment by greyflcn in same post). Refreshing. We human beings are masters of deception, and of detection of said deception -- the result of an evolutionary arms race: Update: I didn't realize that this is old footage before his flip flop. Update: Compare his demeanor in the above clip to his demeanor in the clip b ...
Topics: biofuels, elections, energy, ethanol, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain on the Record An interview with John McCain about his presidential platform on energy and the environment	Amanda Griscom Little	01 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
This is part of a series of interviews with presidential candidates produced jointly by Grist and Outside. John McCain. Photo: hatch1921 John McCain likes to project a tough-guy stance on the issues, and global warming is no exception. "Americans solve problems. We don't run from them," he's quoted as saying on the environment page of his ...
Topics: climate, elections, energy, interview, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain on the Issues A look at John McCain's environmental platform and record		01 Oct 2007	Grist Feature
Updated 16 Jun 2008 John McCain. Arizona Sen. John McCain was an early leader on climate change in the Senate, cosponsoring the first Senate bill calling for mandatory cuts to greenhouse-gas emissions in 2003. In May 2008, he unveiled a new plan for fighting global warming. The League of Conservation Voters endorsed him in his 2004 Senate campaign, despite the fact that he's gotten low voting scores from ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

McCain says climate is one of his top three issues 'The fact is climate change is real,' he says	Lisa Hymas	17 Aug 2007	Gristmill
John McCain says global warming would be one of three key issues in his presidency, The Aspen Times reports. That's sure to endear him to the GOP base as much as his stance on immigration.
Topics: climate, elections, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

How Green Is Your Candidate? Interviews and info on the presidential candidates' environmental positions		06 Jul 2007	Grist Feature
Updated 13 Jun 2008 Forget boxers or briefs. You want to know about candidates' stances on energy and the environment, right? Well, you've come to the right place. Compare the candidates' green positions using our handy chart. And get more in-depth info by reading our interviews with the candidates and checking out fact sheets on their environmental platforms and records. ...
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, politics, presidential race 08, Ralph Nader (all these topics)

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