I completely agree: they should. Because they would lose like most running on Hotcoldwetdry as their main position, like Jay Inslee
Al Gore Says Democratic Candidates Should Absolutely Run On AOC’s Green New Deal: Report
Former Vice President Al Gore believes the Green New Deal (GND) could be a winning issue for Democrats in 2020.
The GND is a “broad brushstroke, bold proclamation, the details of which are designed to be filled in later,†Gore told Politico Friday. He believes Democratic candidates should use the legislation to help generate enthusiasm before next year’s election, Politico reported.
Gore also suggested that Republicans are flipping on climate change. “We’re not that far away from a restoration of bipartisan support, particularly since Mother Nature is getting everybody’s attention with these fires and floods and hurricanes,†he told reporters.
Seriously, good luck running on ‘climate change’, which I will note yet again is popular in theory but not in practice. Most polls put it very low on the totem poll of what voters care about. Remember
Another emerging theme from the survey is that people do not want to spend their own money to combat climate change. Thirty-seven percent do not want to pay any additional taxes, and only 14 percent are willing to pay even $1 more a month.
For example, while nearly half of adults say they would be willing to pay a $2 monthly tax on their electricity bills to help combat climate change, just over a quarter say they are willing to pay $10 extra each month. And while two-thirds support stricter fuel-efficiency standards for the nation’s cars and trucks, increases in the gas tax remain deeply unpopular.
This is the same Gore who took a fossil fueled flight to Madrid for COP25. Speaking of COP25 by the numbers
Number of participating nations in the COP conference: 190- Number of delegates who went to Madrid for the two-week proceedings: 27,000
- Number of years COP has been held annually: 25
- Cost of putting on the event: an estimated $100 million dollars
- Number of hours COP proceedings went past their scheduled conclusion: 44
- Number of people who marched in Madrid on Friday to demand climate justice: 500,000
- Number of protestors kicked out of the conference venue: about 200
- Agreements signed to set up global carbon markets: 0
- Major emitters who agreed to make their emissions-reduction pledges more ambitious: 0
Oops. Fail.
