The Politico is reporting
that some moderate Senate Democrats who followed their party off
the cliff on health care have become squeamish about taking risks
the second time around with cap and trade.
“I am communicating that in every way I know how,” said Sen.
Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of at least a half-dozen Democrats
who’ve told the White House or their own leaders that it’s time
to jettison the centerpiece of their party’s plan to curb
global warming…
“We need to deal with the phenomena of global warming, but I
think it’s very difficult in the kind of economic circumstances
we have right now,” said Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, who
called passage of any economywide cap and trade “unlikely…”
“I’d just as soon see that set aside until we work through the
economy,” said Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.). “What we don’t want to
do is have anything get in the way of working to resolve the
problems with the economy.”
We’ll see how many hold firm after the leadership offers them
some pork and the president whispers some sweet nothings in their
ears.
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Pete| 12.28.09 @ 5:21PM
The real reason is that the Healthcare industry is large enough for them all to get a piece of the pie already, so why chance another unpopular debacle?
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Dell| 12.28.09 @ 8:33PM
Now, here's the truth:
It certainly isn't politically prudent to spend another trillion dollars this close to an election. The voters might not like it. So, we're going to put this spending spree in neutral for a few weeks...or until the polls favor us once again, and then we'll spend that money.
It really doesn't have a thing to do with the deficit, the economy or anything - other than it might ruin their chances for reelection. Period.
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A. James van Hine| 12.29.09 @ 8:52AM
Landrieu & Nelson are just laying the ground work for a bigger payoff. Filthy, lying progressives.
JP| 12.29.09 @ 8:53AM
I wouldn't believe a word thier saying. As a matter of fact, Senator Lindsay Gramm is currently co-authoring a new Cap and Trade Bill with Senator Kerry as we speak. I'd expect them to dump thier new version on the Senate in April or May. And we all know that the Blue Dogs are for sale.
Tim| 12.29.09 @ 9:59AM
They're not balking, they're signaling that they must be bought out-again.
Al Adab| 12.29.09 @ 10:14AM
Maybe we can get them refocused on the BCS matter again. Congress wants to get involved in that situation. We should encourage them. While they are busy debating the College National Champion, they will leave things like the economy and medical rationing alone. All the better for us.
Hook 'em Horns.
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