The funny politics of fuel economy
Aren't Democrats the ones making CAFE and global warming a platform?Michigan's U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairmen who was irate with Nancy Pelosi and her global warming committee creation is now irked at Bush for increasing CAFE.
According to the DetroitNews "Dingell asked that key documents used to create the proposed changes to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for cars and trucks be turned over by Feb. 1." Dingel wrote that he needed the White House to "provide us with all analysis and documentation prepared by the National Economic Council supporting the president's energy proposal."
Nancy Pelosi and some liberal Democrats have proposed far more dramatic CAFE changes, yet now Bush is too environmental for some ranking Democrats? Never thought I'd see the day when Bush, the oil man, was too much of an environmentalist for important Democrats.
Will environmentalists be as tough on Dingell and similar Democrats as they've been on Bush, or is partisanship more important than solutions?
Labels: fuel economy
posted by Dahcredyns at
6:02 AM
2 Comments:
Notice what state he is from? I think the Big 3 automakers give money to all lawmakers no matter which party they are from.
I don't disagree. Nonetheless, there are many whom seem to believe that simply voting Democrat is going to have a big effect on CAFE, global warming, etc. I don't think so, and I think there is a lot of hypocrisy in the political system.
Bush was critized by the Sierra Club, for example, for not going far enough (20% gasoline reduction), yet a Democrat like Dingell often goes largely unquestioned - yet Dingell is being far more conservative than Bush on this issue and Dingell's committee is key to this issue.
I think voters need to start questioning and expecting far more from our elected officials, regardless of which party they belong and this issue demonstrates the point quite clearly.
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