Time to face the facts: Mitt Romney is going to win the GOP nomination. Barring some totally crazy left-field development, Romney is on track to become the Republican presidential candidate. As such, we should be taking his energy proposal seriously -- and it's 100% ugly.Great. We have oil man versus O who hasn't been very green lately. Better than Mitt, but....
Mitt Romney is the political establishment's best-known chameleon, so it should come as no surprise that his energy proposals merely echo and amplify the prevailing narratives crafted by GOP spin doctors. In short, it's this:
1. Give Big Oil, which already sucks down billions in subsidies every year, $4 billion more to play with.
2. Open up drilling just about everywhere. Alaska, the Gulf, everywhere! He'd also seek to...
3. Streamline and fast-track approval processes for drilling operations.
4. Do away with all of the environmental regulations Republicans have spent the year trying to do away with (despite the fact that Americans overwhelmingly don't want them to). Which of course means...
5. Amend Clean Air Act to exclude regulation of carbon.
We need another choice!!!!
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