Nukes News is Good News
For the first time in 30 years, it looks as if the United States will see an increase in its nuclear power output:
The Obama administration, advancing nuclear power use to help cut greenhouse gas emissions, will announce on Tuesday an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to help Southern Co. build two reactors, a government official told Reuters.
As promised [...]
The All of the Above President
Going into last night’s high-stakes State of the Union Address,
the political world was wondering how President Obama would
respond to a series of political setbacks that culminated with
Republican Scott Brown’s surprise victory in last week’s
Massachusetts Senate race.
Would he move to the center or try [...]
Not a double-down but at least a down and a half
Perhaps the best way to evaluate tonight’s State of the Union speech is to speculate about how it will have sounded to independents and centrists. After all, their defection is mainly what has elected Republicans and driven down President Obama’s approval rating.
Since I’m not an independent, it isn’t easy to put myself in their [...]
Barbara Boxer - Thank Goodness for National Poverty!
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA, 100%) is of course shepherding the economy-killing energy bill, Cripple and Tax (sorry, I meant Cap and Trade) through the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which she chairs. Her fellow committee member Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT, 80%) — who just recently wrote his own Obamacare bill in the Senate [...]
