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...hate to say it, but this time I’m with Fred. At the Republican Presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, this Wednesday, the moderator asked the candidates to raise their hands if they believed in global warming. Former Sen. Fred Thompson (TN – R) refused: “I’m not doing any hand shows today.” Stunned, the moderator pressed harder: “And so, is that...
...honor, and if the candidates don’t attend the media depicts their absence as apathy. In September, for example, PBS personality Tavis Smiley hosted a debate on minority issues, which the top tier candidates, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, Arizona Sen. John McCain, and Thompson, skipped. “Top Republicans scolded for skipping black debate,” and “Smiley: GOP ignores minorities” the next day’s headlines yelped...
...campaign is already too long, and these vacuous debates serve as repeated reminders that we still have a lot of folly to endure. At this point, we know the basics, the talking points, the boats. Now, all that’s left for the candidates to do is bash Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)—and even that’s getting...
...purpose of the shadow U.S. delegation here - spiritually led by Gore and including the likes of Sen. John Kerry, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and dozens of officials from California (Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had planned to attend, but budget negotiations kept him at home) - is to signal the world that the Bush Administration no longer represents the views of most Americans on climate change. They point to the fact that U.S. cities, states and, now, the Congress have taken steps to combat global warming, and that next year's election will likely accelerate that momentum. "The message here is that...
...Sen. John Kerry came in person to Bali to deliver that message, meeting with foreign delegations, his rhetoric backed by the recent passage by the Senate Environment Committee of the Warner-Lieberman Climate Bill, which calls for 15% emission reductions by 2020. "I wanted to make certain that those folks who are involved in the negotiations understand that they are not alone in dealing with this," says Kerry. "The Administration is isolated in its own country." Kerry, Maine Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and 50 other members of Congress sent a protest letter Wednesday to President Bush calling for U.S. negotiators...