October 12, 2009 1:49 PM

Kerry Compromises Before Climate Bill Even Introduced!

Insiders are all abuzz about a joint opinion piece in the Washington Post by Senators Kerry and Graham (Republican of South Carolina). In it, they write of their shared commitment to address global warming. Kerry, whose name has best listed as the primary author on the almost introduce Kerry-Boxer global warming legislation we wrote about last week, now comes out in favor of adding more subsidies to nuclear power, the coal industry, and expanding off shore oil and gas development. For this concessions, he got a leading Republican senator to say global warming is real. Joe Romm, over at Climate Progress, thinks that this is the compromise that just might make legislative approval happen.

Count me as skeptical. If we compromise on three terrible things just to get an op - ed piece, where will it go to get something passed.