Senate Democrats to W.H.: Drop cap-and-trade

[The Northerner]

Source: Politico

Bruised by the health care debate and worried about what 2010 will bring, moderate Senate Democrats are urging the White House to give up now on any effort to pass a cap-and-trade bill next year.

“I am communicating that in every way I know how,” says Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of at least half a dozen Democrats who've told the White House or their own leaders that it's time to jettison the centerpiece of their party's plan to curb global warming.

The creation of an economy-wide market for greenhouse gas emissions is as the heart of the climate bill that cleared the House earlier this year. But with the health care fight still raging and the economy still hurting, moderate Democrats have little appetite for another sweeping initiative — especially another one likely to pass with little or no Republican support.

“We need to deal with the phenomena of global warming, but I think it’s very difficult in the kind of economic circumstances we have right now,” said Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, who called passage of any economy-wide cap and trade “unlikely.”

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[AngryAmish]

1. Don't drop Cap and trade, instead start crushing our enemies

Crush them in the morning,

Crush them in the afternoon,

Crush them at night.

[HereSince1628]

2. The camel has her nose in the tent

Now she'll piss on everything we own.

[earthside]

3. Absolutely Horrible Scheme

'Cap and trade' is an absolutely horrible scheme.

If you loved the system that brought us to near economic collapse, then 'cap and trade' is a dream. If you want to save the planet, there are much better ideas.

Instead, this is what we should be supporting:

Cap and Fade by James Hansen/New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/opinion/07hansen.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

[vi5]

4. BRUISED BY THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE?!?!?!

Yeah, getting pretty much everything you want and getting the rest of the party and the president to bend over for you and having every ounce of media attention focused on you, and getting to have more power than the president himself over what type of policy gets enacted must have just really battered and bruised them. They really all seem to be quivering on the floor in a heaping lump.