Policy Diary: Dems vs Reps on energy and climate.

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Thursday May 07, 2009 · 11:52 AM PDT

2009/05/07 · 11:52

Republicans like Mike Pence still have a hard time accepting the scientific method and scientific conclusions like the fact that we descended from apes and are changing the climate. You've probably seen this encounter Pence had with Matthews.

I actually think that Pence and the Reps more or less accept that it is at least very likely we are changing the climate, but they have a hard time telling inconvenient truths to their base. I think this because Pence seemed evidently annoyed not to be focusing on the Republican energy plan, which in some aspects does begin to address the issue of climate change alongside energy independence. So let's let the Reps off the hook for a bit and not force them to confront the aspect of their base that denies the scientific approach to understanding the world: whether it be genetics, evolution, or climate. In a way it's a little bit of a red herring that let's them get their "all of the above" rhetoric go by without direct challenge, so let's get down to brass tacks and compare plans.

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Thursday March 05, 2009 · 4:21 PM PST

2009/03/05 · 16:21

Writing at National Review Online's "The Corner" conservative commentator Stephen Spruiell claims:

Health care is not a right, at least not according to the conception of rights upon which this country was founded. Your rights include life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You may not be unjustly deprived of these things. Your rights do not include things that I or anyone else must be forced to provide for you, such as a home, a car, a job, or health care.

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Is health care a right? Is property?