Some finding Gore’s timing inconvenient

TheHill.com - Some finding Gore’s timing inconvenient

Al Gore hopes to put global warming back at the top of Washington’s agenda Thursday, but some Democrats in Congress are questioning his timing when they are getting pummeled by Republicans over record gas prices.

Gore hopes to deliver a major speech on the environment at Constitution Hall in Washington that will “press the reset button on how people are looking at the energy crisis and the climate crisis,” said Brian Hardwick, spokesman for Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection.
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Space and other Democrats say that gas prices have begun to overwhelm other issues.

Republicans are pouncing on Gore’s re-emergence, holding it up as proof that Democrats favor environmental policies that further escalate energy costs.

“Mr. Gore will yet again call attention to the policies called for by radical environmentalists that would result in even higher gas prices,” said Michael Steel, spokesman for House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio).