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Originally Posted by ASU2003
So, he chose option #19. Not quite sure why he didn't push to end oil subsidies at the same time, or get something else in return for doing this besides hurting speculators a little... It is a pretty short-term solution. Although there was a lot of oil in the reserve.
Obama will need to get the Green environmentalists in the next election or they will vote for the third party candidate and we will have a repeat of 2000... And with the oil spill, no alternative energy plan, nuclear problems, fracking issues, coal mountain top removal, limited and expensive alt-fuel cars, solar companies aren't doing too well, no solar panels on the White House, closing state parks, talk of drilling on Federal land... things aren't looking too good for Obama on the environment.
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At this point the only votes Obama can get is the not republican vote and the people who will vote for his race. He's not a viable anti war candidate, he's not a viable environmental candidate, he's not a viable economic candidate. He had everything, the house the senate and the executive and did nothing.
The not republican vote still might be enough to win, however.