Friday, July 02, 2010

» As Gore Keeps Changing Stories, the Evolution Of a ‘Crazed Sex Poodle’ Denial - Big Journalism
Despite all of the attention the former vice-president’s been getting for his role in the National Enquirer’s Al Gore Sex Attack scandal, Gore–or his spokespeople–have made only a couple of statements to the press. Taken together, the two statements prompt more questions about Gore’s behavior than they answer.
A New Lineup of Climate Bill Players - Politics - The Atlantic
Kerry and Lieberman's bill now has no chance of nabbing 60 votes, so a different bipartisan team may step up to the plate: Jeff Bingaman and Lisa Murkowski.
Liberal groups growing frustrated over Obama role in climate debate - The Hill's E2-Wire
Nine members of the Clean Energy Works coalition — including the Al Gore-led Alliance for Climate Protection, the environmental and labor BlueGreen Alliance and the Center for American Progress — sent a letter to Obama Friday asking his administration “to take the next essential steps” in getting a bill through a very divided Senate.
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But Bingaman himself — in a C-SPAN interview scheduled to air Sunday — placed doubts on even that type of scaled-back [utilities-only] climate plan winning 60 votes in the Senate this year.

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