Posted on 03/21/2012 5:05:08 AM PDT by EBH
Many Insiders contended that the White House, in weighing the political implications of issuing these rules, will “wait for a less turbulent political environment to move forward”—after the November election passes.
“OMB is going to hold on to the [regulations] until after the election. No matter what the [regulations] say, they are going to send shock waves through the important Rust Belt states. To release [them] earlier would be a certain self-imposed wound,” one Insider said.
Some Insiders maintained that Obama already handed a victory to his environmental base when he rejected a permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in January and will not feel pressured to issue the greenhouse-gas regulations until after the election.
“The White House may think punting on Keystone was a big-enough bone for environmentalists and they don't have to do anything else for them before the election,” said one Insider. “And delay avoids providing grist for the ‘War on Coal’ mill.”
Twenty-one percent of Insiders said that the rules would come this summer, while 12 percent said they could be issued at some point in between.
In a poll conducted by National Journal in September, just after Obama shelved stricter environmental regulations for ground-level ozone until at least 2013, nearly 40 percent of Insiders said it was “somewhat likely” the White House would put off even more environmental regulations. They predicted that greenhouse-gas regulations would face the most scrutiny.
Most National Journal Insiders—60 percent—agreed that this time around, issuing the greenhouse-gas standards for power plants ahead of the election could be politically damaging for Obama, while 38 percent argued it would be a good political move.
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looking at 4$?? Heck, I’m already paying 4 and its only the 1st day of spring.
I live in that corridor of plants they shutdown. I am already anticipating the need to ‘move to the basement’ to be able to keep cool. The brunt of that they made to sound like a small pittance of people. But...11 million people is the scope of people, who will be affected if we have a drought type summer with excessive heat. Plus the increased cost of electricity and people forced to cut back...is bad enough.
But to consider they are sitting around in backrooms in DC and waiting until AFTER the election to enact these regulations? I think we need to cut their power off for the entire summer.
We just hit $4.10 today.
Monday I noticed we jumped 0.20 cents. Then again today...
It just occurred to me that OMB rearranged is also MOB (Mark of the Beast).
Mittens plans to the SAME thing !
Who do you think is funding the death star PAC that has
Destroyed the GOP base and Driven off voters .
Mitten’s buddies at Bain and Wall Street want Cap and Trade scam now !
I know ncalburt, I know.
These are the very things that will totally aggravate me as we watch the “conservative base” issue their battle cry over the new few and months.
Anybody but 0bama!
Tally ho!
Mitt’s the way to go!
Anybody but the big Zero!
Mitt will go along to get along if elected. And there will be much wailing from the Republican base, never willing to admit they were duped, lied to, and in self-denial of their addiction to the party elite.
A RINO is not any better than a democrat. I am already hearing the major talking heads saying, “At least he’ll slow things down, ...”
We deserve the country we get if we keep doing this kind of crap.
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