Well, it’s certainly not as dangerous as campaigning on support of Ocare
(NY Times) He is a Democrat in a marquee Senate race, pressed by a strong Republican in a state with a challenging political environment. So when a new proposal to limit power plant emissions was seen as posing a threat to allies of the Obama administration, Senator Mark Udall of Colorado acted quickly: He embraced the plan.
“Coloradans have seen firsthand the harmful effects of climate change, including severe drought, record wildfires and reduced snowpack,†Mr. Udall said in a statement shortly after the Environmental Protection Agency plan was made public last week. “The E.P.A.’s draft rule is a good start, and I will fight to ensure it complements the work we have already done in Colorado and provides states the flexibility they need to make it successful.â€
He is a Democrat in a marquee Senate race, pressed by a strong Republican in a state with a challenging political environment. So when a new proposal to limit power plant emissions was seen as posing a threat to allies of the Obama administration, Senator Mark Udall of Colorado acted quickly: He embraced the plan.
“Coloradans have seen firsthand the harmful effects of climate change, including severe drought, record wildfires and reduced snowpack,†Mr. Udall said in a statement shortly after the Environmental Protection Agency plan was made public last week. “The E.P.A.’s draft rule is a good start, and I will fight to ensure it complements the work we have already done in Colorado and provides states the flexibility they need to make it successful.â€
Some other Dems are also picking up the mantle. I’d tell them to be careful else they end up losing as badly as Labor did in Australia through multiple elections, but, then, I want Democrats to lose that badly.
In Iowa, Representative Bruce Braley, the Democratic Senate nominee, has adopted the same approach as Mr. Udall. “Reducing our carbon output is not only necessary for the health of the planet, it’s an opportunity to continue to improve the health of the Iowa economy — which is and will remain my No. 1 priority,†Mr. Braley said.
Say, I wonder if these Democrats, and the others pimping Hotcoldwetdry, will stop using fossil fuels during their own campaigns? Eh, silly question. Of course they won’t.
In other states with competitive Senate races, such as Michigan, Democrats say growing public support for action to curb climate change — coupled with pronouncements by Republican candidates that human activity is not contributing to it, or their denials that the world is growing warmer — could help Democrats this year. They say it will definitely make the party stronger heading into the 2016 presidential election.
Hmm, growing public support
New Yorker on AGW: "For most people, ..hardly even a voting issue, much less one that prompts them to write checks" http://t.co/lKYlALBpRf
— Tom Nelson (@tan123) June 10, 2014
Virtually every single poll has “climate change” at the bottom of the list of concerns, typically last or next to last. Really, what this is about is whipping their base up to get the vote out, changing the subject away from Ocare and the Dems shoddy, lackluster economic policies, and trying to find new ways to tax Americans.
