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To: Bridge Player who wrote (70949)	6/5/2008 10:59:52 PM
From: Sam	Respond to of 542167

Republicans in the Senate this week did such a masterful job of picking the cap-and-trade bill apart with objections, yesterday Barbara Boxer of California was "pulling her hair out with frustration, " as one Republican leadership staffer put it. Good for them....

To: Bridge Player who wrote (70949)	6/6/2008 4:50:41 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542167

"But it would appear the political consensus on global warming was as exaggerated as the alleged scientific consensus." I question this conclusion. That particular bill is so ugly, not to mention ill timed, that there are a lot of reasons for not supporting it regardless of one's general view of global climate change. I don't think there's enough evidence, at least not published info, to support that conclusion.