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Originally Posted by TheLastBoyScout
This is a losing stance for McCain to take as a republican:
- Environmentally conscious voters would tend to favor Obama on this issue as Obama's stance is similar, but more aggressive.
- Business minded conservatives are not going to like the cost implications of this plan and this is going to inspire resistance from many people who are leaning toward, but disenchanted with McCain. Some of these people may sit out, or defect to other candidates.
McCain would do well not to focus on or elaborate on environmental issues.
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I agree that this isn't going to be an issue that gets out the vote for McCain, but I suspect he's been told that by about a bajillion aids already and decided to go forward anyway the same way he decided to tell blue collar workers in Michigan that they weren't going to somehow get all their old jobs back.
Personally, I like the idea of a Republican interested in environmental protection.
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Originally Posted by Si modo
It is very interesting reading this NYT article and how misleading it is w.r.t. how McCain actually differs with the current administration on global warming: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/06/20050630-16.html
The only difference I see between what McCain is saying is that he wants to make “cap and trade” mandatory, whereas it currently is not mandatory under GWB.
The NYT has many readers believing differently, apparently.
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I'd say there's a
HUGE difference between making something like that mandatory and making it optional.