Nope. Just explaining how I interpret part of his flawed strategy - not to say I agree with him on it. It's the same strategy he used on health care. Let's start with a watered down proposal and weaken it even further through compromise. Of course, he can't let down his corporate donors either.<br>
<br>Tom<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:58 PM, C. G. Estabrook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu">galliher@illinois.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Are you *defending* him, Tom?<br>
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He is after all the president. Instead of accepting the Republican/business view, he could have led in the other direction. But it's been clear for a while (since he entered politics, in fact) that he's desperate to flack for the business elite.<br>
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I hope you weren't polite about him. Regards, Carl<br>
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Tom Abram wrote:<br>
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I think it's his attempt to compromise on an already watered down cap-and-trade bill in order to curry favors from the Republicans who are just<br>
going to vote against it anyway.<br>
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WCIA took some soundbites from me this afternoon, so hopefully it will air at<br>
10pm.<br>
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Tom Abram<br>
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:31 PM, C. G. Estabrook <<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" target="_blank">galliher@illinois.edu</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu" target="_blank">galliher@illinois.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
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That socialist Obama on his decision to open up the coast to oil drilling:<br>
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"Ultimately, we need to move beyond the tired debates between right and left,<br>
between business leaders and environmentalists, between those who would claim<br>
drilling is a cure all and those who would claim it has no place. Because<br>
this issue is just too important to allow our progress to languish while we<br>
fight the same old battles over and over again..."<br>
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When I read this remark this morning, I immediately assumed it was another<br>
Onion parody, using Obama's hackneyed and ridiculous diction to say something<br>
he couldn't possibly say. Then I read the rest of the news & learnt of his<br>
latest betrayal...<br>
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