Will Someone Defend the Energy Bill?

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By Matt Singer, 5-02-05

Looking around blogs today, it is rather tough to find support for Bush's energy bill. Who likes it?

Not Dave Budge who thinks the markets can solve.
Not Rich Lowry who thinks the energy bill ignores the markets and represents a principled attempt to stick it to enviros.
Not Ezra Klein, a liberal who has offered to "kill the goddamn caribou" himself if the bill contained provisions worth adopting.
Not John Cole, who thinks that a reasonable bill would include domestic drilling and wacky things like conservation and CAFE standards.
Not The Economist, which views the bill as a bloated, ineffective mess.

Who will take the bait and defend the energy bill?

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Comments

By Craig Moore, 8-09-08

Instead of asking for an up or down on the global bill, I think it would be much more illuminating to ask for opinion on the major constituent parts. The recent farm bill pushed by most D's suffered from the same pork barrelitis as this one is infected with.

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