My new post: Obama doesn’t back down on clean energy

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My new post: Obama doesn’t back down on clean energy

Photo by Pete Souza/White House. After every State of the Union speech, pundits rush to lament that the speech contained lofty rhetoric unmatched by substantial policy proposals. All the concrete ideas are “small bore,” a “laundry list.” And indeed, that’s a fair way to characterize last night’s speech. But that criticism misses the point. The president does not control domestic policy. There are some things he can do from the executive branch, but for anything big, he has to ask the legislature. Given that this Congress has shown little appetite for doing, um, anything, it’s highly unlikely that Obama’s proposals will become law. If he proposes a “big idea,” it’s just a big idea that won’t become law, something to hang around his neck. (It’s worth noting that a couple of the small-bore proposals were quite significant. Obama thinks “every multinational company should have...

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@drgrist » 30 Jan '12, 4am
This, from NYT editors [link] sounds eerily like this [link] & this [link] #notsayingjustsaying
@PAcleanAir » 27 Jan '12, 7pm
MT @drgrist: Obama:time 2 end subsidies 2 oil & double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been more promising [link]
@laplacanancy » 27 Jan '12, 2pm
RT @drgrist Obama: time to end subsidies to oil & "double-down on a clean energy industry...." MORE solar in AZ! [link]
@WECANclimate » 27 Jan '12, 9am
Obama rightfully touts and supports clean energy - we need much more too [link] @drgrist
@cma_10 » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
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@TerynNorris » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
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@thereisnodog77 » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
You are making me v. happy today, @drgrist MT Obama: time to end subsidies to oil & double-down on clean energy... [link]
@drgrist » 26 Jan '12, 11pm
Obama: time to end subsidies to oil & "double-down on a clean energy industry that's never been more promising." [link]
@drgrist » 26 Jan '12, 10pm
This is just the SOTU rehashed. See my posts on that here [link] and here [link]
@ross_macfarlane » 26 Jan '12, 4pm
Obama doesn’t back down on clean energy -- clean energy gets best response (after Bin Laden) [link] via @grist
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@Eaterofsun » 26 Jan '12, 12pm
The call for investment in renewable energy drew nearly as strong a reaction as the mention of Bin Laden's death [link] #SOTU
@grist » 26 Jan '12, 12pm
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