Robert Novak reports that Sen. John McCain
visited (behind closed doors) with Republicans at the National
Governors Association over the weekend, where "governors from coal-
and oil-producing states spelled out their problems with McCain's
energy policies, and he was responsive."
Novak says there was one significant exception, however, to the
perceived fence-mending, and that had to do with an oft-mentioned
name to join McCain as VP on the GOP ticket:
It was a less favorable NGA
meeting for the organization's chairman, Minnesota Gov. Tim
Pawlenty. His carbon-emissions proposal was shot down by bipartisan
opposition from the coal-oil bloc of governors, and that did not
help his vice presidential aspirations.
As well
it should have. With two global warming
alarmists on the same ticket, you can
pretty much say farewell to the conservative vote.
topics:
John McCain, Global Warming, Energy, Oil
