Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels gives the GOP's weekly address, and as expected, takes on cap and trade, repeating the charge of imperialism he first levied in a WSJ piece two weeks ago.
Regardless of their ideology, there's one thing Barack Obama, Charlie Crist, Tim Pawlenty, and Mitch Daniels all share -- an underrated skill for any politician: when these guys talk, they all sound reasonable.
Inspiring is exhilarating, and sometimes Obama can be that. Funny is unexpected, and sometimes Crist can be that. Down-to-earth is heart-warming, and Pawlenty can often be that.
But when it comes to driving the unsavory ambition from a politician, it's the impression of non-partisan reasoning that makes these politicians so effective.
"One policy being pushed by the President and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is, I regret to say, a poster child for government that cannot work. The scheme to radically change the sources and cost of American energy through a system known as cap and chance may be well intentioned, but it will cost us dearly in jobs and income, and it stands no choice of achieving its objective of a cooler earth.
.... it's becomes clear that the Pelosi bill has little to do with a cooler plant and every to do with raising money for the out of control federal spending now under way in Washington.
Please excuse us Midwesterners for feeling a bit like the targets of an imperialistic policy devised in places like California, New York, and Massachusetts for their benefit at our expense."
[Hat tip: CNN]
