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To: RetiredNow who wrote (544578)	1/17/2010 7:59:40 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1577918

Europe's Post-Copenhagen View of Obama huffingtonpost.com The Copenhagen summit on climate change taught Europe a hard lesson about its trans-Atlantic partner. Great hope had greeted President Obama when he replaced George W. Bush at the American helm, but a year later Europeans are realizing that Mr. Obama is going to have a very difficult time delivering on his agenda. ... Why has President Obama been so unwilling to match his lofty words with concrete deeds? One major reason is the U.S. Senate. Mr. Obama needs 60 of the 100 Senate votes to get climate policy -- or any other measure, like health care. This means that the 40 Republican senators joined by a single Democrat or independent can block any measure. Mr. Obama isn't delivering because he can't deliver. The majorities needed for major policy changes are too high a threshold, even for someone with Mr. Obama's political gifts. Following Copenhagen, Germany's environment minister, Norbert Röttgen, had some stinging criticisms for President Obama, as well as for China's leadership. "We are experiencing a lack of results and an inability to act, triggered mainly by the United States which, in the case of climate protection, is no longer capable of leading," he said. "China doesn't want to lead, and the U.S. cannot lead."