Tough Sledding for these guys

GOP turncoats: Bono Mack; Castle Kirk Lance LoBiondo McHugh Reichert Smith(NJ)

If we're lucky the Senate will kill it. But no political cover there for these Reps. who failed a critical vote on taxes and the American economy.

If they try to call themselves fiscal conservatives--laugh in their face. 44 Dems voted against this bill, but not these Republicans.

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In the hours before passage, Rep. Geoff Davis, a Republican from Kentucky, said the cap-and-trade bill represented the “economic colonization of the heartland” by New York and California. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) called the bill a “scam” that would do nothing but satisfy “the twisted desires of radical environmentalists.” Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) called it a “massive transfer of wealth” from the United States to foreign countries.

More. AFP Statement:

Americans for Prosperity Tim Phillips issued the following the statement following House passage (219 to 212) of H.R. 2454, the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade tax:

While cap-and-trade passed the House, it's a testament to the power of free market activists that it was a difficult, down-to-the-wire, tough fight. This bill, Speaker Pelosi's top priority, was supposed to sail through. Instead it crawled through and barely made it past the finish line in the House—and it took all the efforts of the White House to do it when the bill stalled a couple of days ago.

The bipartisan opposition to this bill shows just how broadly it will negatively impact the country. While some members’ votes were won with backroom deals and special interest carve outs it is instructive to see that some commonsense Democrats crossed the aisle to vote with most Republicans, and they deserve our thanks. On the other hand, we are committed to holding the members of Congress who sided with Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi instead off hard-working taxpayers accountable.

Cap-and-trade is a massive new tax on American families and American businesses. It's especially crazy to pass such a huge new tax burden at a time when many families already face economic hardship.

Fortunately, we have always believed the place to kill this bill is the U.S. Senate. We will do everything we can to educate the public about the danger that this legislation poses for their family budgets and their economic freedom to help the voices of millions of grassroots activists be heard on this issue.

If the American people understand what this bill does, it will die in the Senate.

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jaketapperRT @marcambinder I'm no magical thinker, but it began to hail in DC the moment the #ACES vote was over. Oh. Climate. What are you saying?

P.S. You GOPster turncoats lose libertarians too on this one. Bigtime cool on you, the base and clued-in youth. Let's call it what it is-- a really STUPID bill.

More: Interesting, Bill Foster (Il-14th) was one of the Dems who voted no. We should get his seat anyway. Go after Melissa Bean too. Ah yes, and Dem Debbie Halvorson too--you are toast.

Your epitaph, Barack (from one of your fickle supporters):

A new energy program that will cost however many hundreds of billions in however many years? Running General Motors, and discussing where its plants should be, and what the interiors of the cars should look like, and shouldn't the little cup holder be bigger to account for Starbucks-sized coffee? Wait, what if it's a venti latte? One imagines the conversation in the car czar's office: "You know, I've always wanted to see a mauve car because mauve is my favorite color, I mean to the extent it's a color."

There is a persistent sense of extraneous effort, of ambitions too big and yet too small, too off point, too base-pleading, too ideological, too unaware of the imperatives. And there is the depressing psychological effect of seeing government grow so much, so big, so fast. This encourages a sense that things are out of control and cannot be made better.

Venti latte Dems when America could make do with a good cup of coffee--which we can brew ourselves.