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and push come to shove, will take the company line.
Je suis Marxiste, tendance Groucho.
by gracchus on Tue May 13, 2008 at 06:47:20 AM PDT
he's turning out to be.
"...and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." --Barack Obama, January 20, 2009
by jiordan on Tue May 13, 2008 at 06:51:14 AM PDT
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Washington Monthly does a great job of dissecting his 'proposal' and comparing it to Obama's proposal. Money quote:
So that's that. A cap-and-trade system with a 100% auction [Obama's] provides revenue for green research; it reduces the regressivity of the tax hit; and it helps keep lobbyists from gaming the system. The giveaway method [McCaine's], conversely, is highly regressive; provides windfall profits for big polluters; and would almost certainly end up as a congressional pork barrel that eviscerated the original emission targets bit by bit by bit. It just goes to show that policy details matter. Take your pick.
Read the whole thing here. It's quite good.
by DelicateMonster on Tue May 13, 2008 at 06:56:13 AM PDT
That's for sure.
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by jim bow on Tue May 13, 2008 at 07:00:03 AM PDT
Bush put mere billions on the table for nukepower,
McCain makes it trillions for nukepower
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by dotcommodity on Tue May 13, 2008 at 07:46:53 AM PDT
But how many new nuclear power plants are starting construction now?
...crickets...
Float like a manhole cover, sting like a sash weight. John McCain = Old Boat Anchor
by JeffW on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:42:57 AM PDT
Bush put another $13 billion on the table in the dreaded Cheney Energy Bill of 2005, I believe
by dotcommodity on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:57:36 AM PDT
...will those 28 go online and allow us to retire a like number of coal-fired plants?
by JeffW on Tue May 13, 2008 at 10:25:42 AM PDT
in 15 yr increments, after running past their costs several times or so before getting cancelled...
by dotcommodity on Tue May 13, 2008 at 02:21:38 PM PDT
is agree with McCain.
Go back over the things he's saying now and was saying then. Pick out the stuff that seems the most reasonable (or at least aspects of his statements) and AGREE with it.
This shows Obama's crossover appeal but paints McCain as too far from his base and/or flip-flopper.
Every time Obama agrees with him on a sensitive issue (i.e. Climate change, immigration) it will make the Republican base less supportive of McCain by showing him to be NOT one of them.
Every time Obama agrees with old McCain positions that he has since disavowed, he further paints McCain as a person who will do or say anything to morph himself into an electable candidate.
by masterxi43 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 07:41:26 AM PDT
No disrepsect, but reverse psychology? I'm no pro, but I don't think it will work.
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by Batbird on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:22:02 AM PDT
Hey, at least McCain thinks Climate Change is real. Obama should say something like, "I welcome Senator McCain's acknowledgement that the scientific debate on Climate Change is over. While I disagree with his policy approach to this compelling issue, As President I look forward to working with Senator McCain and other Republican senators on this and other crtical issues."
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by JoesGarage on Tue May 13, 2008 at 09:07:18 AM PDT
Very nice, in fact. You could do this sort of thing for a living.
by gracchus on Tue May 13, 2008 at 11:10:44 PM PDT
Remember how Obama has avowed to go right after the Maverick image? I will say gleefully that is a page out of the Rove playbook-go right after the candidate's alleged strength. I won't disagree with Rove on that.
To me this is an important difference. To me there is no bigger issue in the world than what we are doing to the climate. McCain can use this rhetoric to sell his Maverick image because it sounds different than Bush, but Obama should go right after it as a prime example of how Maverick McCain is really Gramps McSame
``...Stand still. The forest knows Where you are. You must let it find you.'' from `Lost' by David Wagoner
by dlcox1958 on Tue May 13, 2008 at 08:37:45 AM PDT
wide narrow
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