Yesterday I posted a diary about how now was the time for the WH to pivot, using the mojo from killing Osama to launch a new initiative. I had suggested making it all about jobs. Well, here it is!
Obama pivots from bin Laden's death to economy
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Weekly Address: Clean Energy to Out-Innovate the Rest of the World
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My diary from yesterday
I think this is going to be the big push coming from the admin. starting now and going into '12, and I think it's a brilliant move for a few reasons, not the least of which is how good for the economy and job creation this sort of investment would be. It's also a good, positive theme to champion.
I think that this push for investment in clean energy is only one prong of the initiative. It's the "positive" prong. The other prong is a more aggressive tactic against big oil. Notice the language coming out of the administration and Dems lately attacking big oil? About repealing the tax breaks? The formation of a task force to investigate possible fraud?
This is all very smart for a lot of reasons. Keeping pressure on the oil companies may have an effect in keeping the prices down. If they know they are being investigated they will have to be a lot more careful and may be less able to manipulate prices to sabotage the economy (and the Presidents re-election chances).
I think the push for alternate clean energy and the attack on oil companies is all part of a well thought out coordinated rolling out of the strategy going into '12. And the timing couldn't be more perfect considering the President's newfound bad ass mojo which I think is already having a significant effect on Repub psyche! Notice how they folded with nary a whimper or any concessions on abolishing Medicaid as part of their budget? When was the last time something like that happened?
Good times!