Coming as no shock to any who are paying attention to what is going on in the world of politics, in a press release Gen. Wes Clark asked Congress to reject the pork-barrel bill offered by Haliburton, Exxon and the GOP.
http://clark04.com/press/release/081/
Clark Calls on Congress to Reject Energy Bill
"America needs leadership that debates priorities like energy policy in a transparent and bipartisan manner-not behind closed doors.
The energy bill that emerged from the Republican conference was crafted in the dark of the night, with not a single Democrat at the table. The final bill was cobbled together by special interests and a handful of Republican legislators. In fact, Vice President Cheney started the policy-making process by holding secret meetings with unnamed energy industry associates.
Congress should reject this compromise. We are only beginning to understand the details of the legislation, but it is clear that the bill provides billions of dollars in giveaways to special interests while doing little to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and failing to address global warming.
We need a policy that strengthens the energy and environmental security of all Americans. To get this type of balanced policy, we first need to get the oil industry out of the Oval Office."
While this is hardly an in depth treatise on Clark's energy policy, he gets to the point without getting bogged down in detailing his plan. He only hints at renewable sources, but is on message and gets a jab in at the Administration. Not exactly earth-shattering material here, but perhaps this is Clark and his formerly rudderless campaign getting on track by establishing policy outside the National Security realm.