If you care about climate legislation, this is a must read piece on the lessons from 2009 - the last time Dems had a trifecta and tried (but failed) to pass a big climate bill. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
In 9 easy steps, you too can replicate the 2009 failure:
1) Start by crafting a climate bill with an eye toward GOP support
2) Introduce the House bill & allow conservatives to water it down further
3) Ignore progressive climate activists and amend the bill to get conservatives
1) Start by crafting a climate bill with an eye toward GOP support
2) Introduce the House bill & allow conservatives to water it down further
3) Ignore progressive climate activists and amend the bill to get conservatives
4) Pass the House bill with almost no GOP support, despite all those concessions
5) Watch the donor-fueled reactionaries go into hyper-drive against the watered down bill
6) Wonder where the pro-climate activist energy has gone
5) Watch the donor-fueled reactionaries go into hyper-drive against the watered down bill
6) Wonder where the pro-climate activist energy has gone
7) Try your best to beat McConnell by getting to 60 votes in the senate - and never come close
8) Quietly slink off and never pass anything in the senate
9) Get clobbered in the midterms, losing your Dem trifecta and any chance at climate legislation
8) Quietly slink off and never pass anything in the senate
9) Get clobbered in the midterms, losing your Dem trifecta and any chance at climate legislation
I was a Hill staffer at the time, and I still learned stuff from this article. Interviews with players at just about every level of the legislative fight. As congress begins considering the next climate bill, @Patrick_C_Reis's piece is a must read: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
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