Democrat Senators Would Sure Like Obama To Let Them Off The Hook On Cap And Trade

Proof • August 15, 2009

With Democrats across the nation already facing hostile crowds of constituents fired up about health care, “stimulus” spending and the overall expansion of government a contingent of Democrat Senators would like Obama to delay his push on cap and trade.
For understandable reasons, most of them having to do with the fact that they’d like to remain in office.

Ben Nelson of Nebraska and North Dakota Senators Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan joined Lincoln in suggesting that the climate measure be put off.
“We should separate the energy bill from the climate bill,” Conrad told reporters this month. ‘It needs to be done as soon as we can get it done,” he said, referring to the energy legislation.
Climate legislation would require 60 votes in the Senate. Most Republicans have said they oppose the cap-and-trade measure, and at least 15 of the Senate’s 60-member Democratic majority have said the House-passed version would hurt the economy and needs to be revamped to win their support. …
Some Democrats want to avoid voting on a measure that would force companies to get pollution permits, said Daniel Weiss, an energy and climate specialist for the Center for American Progress, a Washington public policy group that advises Democrats and supports a cap-and-trade system.
“There is a lot of wishful thinking on the part of some senators,” Weiss said in an interview. “They want to do what is easy, not what is needed.”

Put another way, they want to appear to be abiding by the wishes of the far-left liberal wing of the party that’s being lead by Obama while not actually murdering the economy, and plunging their constituents into the exact opposite of prosperity, with a carbon bill that amounts to a massive new tax on, well, pretty much everything.
Plus, some of these Democrats (like, ahem, Dorgan and Conrad) come from states that are very rich in things like coal and oil. Voting for a cap and trade bill means voting against the prosperity of their constituents.
No wonder these guys want to avoid that like the plague, especially given the overall political climate.

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

Ben Nelson of Nebraska and North Dakota Senators Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan joined Lincoln in suggesting that the climate measure be put off.

It should be off the table forever and it will ruin the careers of dems in red states.
Mark

If they do get it tabled, don’t be fooled into electing them again. Once reelected they will be right on board again!
bill-tb

The hoax isn’t what it used to be. My guess is the townhallers are making the point that it’s a hoax. Soon the snows of October will return and evryone will know.

If the sun doesn’t wake up soon, earth will be in heap big trouble and That’s a fact. For real science check out Anthony’s Website all science, no bull.
sbark

Aussies are onto the scam……..at least their Senate nixed cap & trade for time being..

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/australian_senate_defeats_cap.html
2Hotel9

Let them try to squirm their way out of the hole they have dug, go for it. We have printed and burned to disc all this crap too, and plenty of people will be showing up at those townhall meetings with the facts, just like they are at these socialized healthcare meetings.

Mike, people are booing and catcalling AFTER these Congress members refuse to answer direct questions about specific sections of HR 3200. Go, get the facts. Since you have repeatedly told us you are 100% in support of “nationalizing” all industry and business, especially healthcare, you will love HR 3200. And at least you will have read it, unlike the members of the US Congress. They refuse to do so, saying it is too long and complicated, so they will just pass it and worry about the details later. I’m sure you heartily approve of that, also.
atease

When are you going to rid yourselves of Dorgan and Conrad..? PA is about to rid itself of Specter..

And sbark, good for our Aussie friends. Good to see that there is still some common sense in this world.

atease
http://www.andrewkeir.com/ Andrew Keir

what the hell is he trying to do in that photo, ha.
http://www.trevordrown.com/ Andrea for Arkansas

Thanks for the article. I found it very informative. This is an example of why we need a change in Arkansas. Lincoln, has been getting hammered in the last few days here by the people. She has ducked them and scheduled no town meetings and avoiding confrontation. She is acting like the Absentee Land Owner of olden days. Rape the land for what it giver her (voters) and do nothing to sustain it. Then she doesn’t understand when she returns to the plantation and finds the serfs in revolt. So it scares her and she runs, rather than face the music and vote the way Arkansans want. So now she wants to change her mind and stop the democratic tide of supporting Cap and Trade. Well she can only run till November 2010 and then she can go home to Washington DC and rest. It is time for change. Trevor Drown the independent from Russellville will be my choice for our next senator. He is a breath of fresh air that doesn’t care about party politics. He is a bridge builder with real world experience of dealing with problems. He is one of the people and he is respected for his listening ability and problem solving capabilities. The republican party in Arkansas is a joke. They are all bloated fat banker types who look like week old ground venison over stuffed into a sausage sleeve. Not to mention racists and out of touch.
welder4

What can one say , do not be fooled into voting these destroyers back into office it may be a smelly thing to vote a straight republican ticket but what other choice do we have ,a third party would only insure the Demmunism still lives. As for me an my house hold we are voting just as blindly as the people did in 08 and voting all republican. The damage has been done by name calling and insults against the town hall people it started with the tax protesters and now the nail has been driven to seal the fate of the Democratic party . Boxer ,Pelosi and all the others who called us Nazi’s and hate mongers and mobsters will pay a price for their name calling in 2010. What is needed is to have separation of Freaks and State
welder4

Of course if you have viable candidate by all means vote them in I was a tad hasty there I know the senate races are a bit different then the presidential. I apologize for that before someone tans my hide.
sayanything-6955

No wonder these guys want to avoid that like the plague, especially given the overall political climate.

Amazing what their constituents actually “know” compared to what these pols think they “know”

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