From the Think Progress Wonk Room.
According to the Washington Times, "President Bush is poised to change course and announce as early as this week that he wants Congress to pass a bill to combat global warming, and will lay out principles for what that should include." Dana Perino claimed it's just a coincidence this announcement comes as we near Earth Day.
Conservatives are now focusing on the possibility that "runaway" global warming legislation will cause a "disaster" and a "nightmare." Perino warned today of a "regulatory train wreck." Perino all but admitted this leaked announcement is a trial balloon to try out new right-wing talking points -- when she was asked when the Bush plan would be released:
"It could be never."
In fact, it is not government action that is the potential runaway train wreck, as Bush administration officials have made clear:
Their polluter-funded message of denial having finally been beaten back, the right wing is now attempting to subvert action by any means possible, including pulling the classic polluter claim that solutions are more dangerous than the problem.
But that will only be true if our response to climate change is designed by the polluters themselves.