Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Friday, June 19, 2009 11:20:20 AM
In a strategy memo, Democratic think tank Third Way and top party strategist Stanley Greenberg warned Democrats that swing voters don't care about fighting global warming, and said terms like "cap-and-trade" are useless. Instead, the memo suggests that Democrats tap into Americans' optimism that clean energy can help improve the faltering economy.
"For most voters, global warming is not significant enough on its own to drive support for major energy reform," the memo says. "So while it can be part of the story that reform advocates are telling, global warming should be used only in addition to the broader economic frame, not in place of it."
The problem is, it will probably work. Most people don't even understand what global warming is other than they were told it is bad. But tell them that you want to pass legislation that will provide 'clean energy' and it will be an easy sell. People generally want to be good stewards to the planet, but this bill is really nothing more than a tax-generating-bill-so-they-can-pay-for-health-care nightmare.