Obama: GOP Wants To Shut Down Clean Energy
In this weekend’s YouTube address, President Obama touted his administration’s work in promoting solar power projects in the United States.
“Now there are some in Washington who want to shut them down. In fact, in the Pledge they recently released, the Republican leadership is promising to scrap all the incentives for clean energy projects, including those currently underway – even with all the jobs and potential that they hold,” said Obama. “This doesn’t make sense for our economy. It doesn’t make sense for Americans who are looking for jobs. And it doesn’t make sense for our future. To go backwards and scrap these plans means handing the competitive edge to China and other nations. It means that we’ll grow even more dependent on foreign oil. And, at a time of economic hardship, it means forgoing jobs we desperately need. In fact, shutting down just this one project would cost about a thousand jobs.”
In this weekend’s Republican address, Senate Minority Mitch McConnell attacked Democrats for not taking action to stop the expiration of the Bush tax cuts.
McConnell: GOP Doesn’t Think Anyone Should Get A Tax Hike
“That’s why I proposed a bill last month that would extend current law and prevent any of these tax hikes from taking place, S.3773, the Tax Hike Prevention Act. Unfortunately, Democrats weren’t interested,” said McConnell. “In the final days of the session, they had other priorities. And whenever they were asked about this looming tax hike, they just blamed the Republicans. They said that Republicans will be to blame for some people getting a tax hike because we didn’t think anyone should get a tax hike. Now, I don’t get that, either.”
Thousands Gather In DC In Support Of Dem Agenda
The Associated Press reports: “Thousands of people flocked to the Lincoln Memorial for a rally Saturday organized by labor and civil rights groups, hoping to show support for the Democratic agenda in the face of expected GOP election gains next month. More than 400 organizations, including faith, environmental and gay rights groups, sponsored the ‘One Nation Working Together’ demonstration on the same end of the National Mall where a month ago tea party activists met to hear conservative commentator Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin.”
Dems, GOP Recalibrate Strategy A Month To Election
The Associated Press reports: “In the one-month dash to Election Day, both parties are zeroing in on races they have the best chances of winning, recalibrating strategies and shifting advertising money by the day. The state of play could change repeatedly between now and Nov. 2. Democrats are especially worried about House districts in the economically troubled Midwest, and their chances of picking up GOP-held Senate seats have dwindled.”
White House Ponders Post-Election Outlook
The New York Times reports: “Now that President Obama has put the drama of Rahm Emanuel’s departure as chief of staff behind him, his White House is preparing for a very different relationship with Congress after the midterm elections, when Republicans are expected to gain strength and more top advisers are likely to call it quits. Even before Mr. Emanuel decided to leave to run for mayor of Chicago, the new interim chief of staff, Pete Rouse, had begun what White House officials are calling a ‘two-year organizational review’ to guide post-election personnel decisions. In addition to reshaping the staff, officials say, Mr. Rouse is thinking about how to reshape the Obama agenda once Washington has a new political landscape.”
DeMint Targets Senate Colleagues
The Hill reports: “Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is planning to wage a television campaign against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other Democratic colleagues. The Senate Conservatives Fund, a political action committee that DeMint helms, has produced an anti-Reid television ad and will raise money to launch it in Nevada…DeMint’s bold foray is certain to shock some of his colleagues because senators almost never wage direct political attacks against each other.”
