Daily Briefing - 2/6/07

With this arctic-like weather across the U.S., maybe the polar bears will migrate down here. That should get some people's attention.

MW

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Daily Briefing – 2/6/07
636 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- A simple remedy
- Data notes Arctic changes
- Calls mounting for global response
- China to research global warming, also noting that is in the hands of rich nations
o Key facts about China and climate change
- Defying Mark Twain
- French climate plan may be a distraction
- More on AEI’s Exxon payoff business
- Boston Globe: Warming up, indubitably
- Houston Chronicle; Warming to the idea of consensus
- Concord Monitor: We can still try to slow warming
- Newsday: Climate change demands action
- Belleville News-Democrat: Fight must start now
- The Australian: Avoid panic policies
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- Fudging the budget
- Debate continues on Iraq resolution, as cloture is voted down
- Less than meets the eye in Bush’s farm bill
- How Senator Joe Lieberman sees himself
- Despite scandal, page program more popular
Potential ‘08ers…
- Giuliani (step closer to running), Edwards (new tone to his message), McCain (new advisors are old foes), Giuliani again (or is he official?), Clinton (comes to NH, different from last time), Obama (launches campaign… to quit smoking), Obama again (had multiethnic existence in Hawaii), Romney (seeks Sen. Hutchison’s support), Romney again (heeds call of Florida),
- The other democrats weigh in
- Politico: Obama, Clinton may skip early debates
Other News from the Media
- The price of corn
- Is ethanol the answer?
o The cost of America’s proposed alternative fuel standard?... $118 billion
- Extra energy research funds in Bush budget
- Six degrees of charities… starring Kevin Bacon
…and the Blogosphere
- The Caucus: The leftover money race
- Straw poll over at DailyKos
- RCP: Giuliani is in and becomes the immediate favorite
- TomPaine.com: Going for broke on climate change
- MYDD interview with Senator Reid
- Grist:
o Sororities and the Step It Up campaign
o On the President’s budget
o The two sides of the climate debate
o Canadians care quite a bit about the environment. Americans… not so much
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- Threatened by orbiting space junk
- Now here’s a story: A love triangle, attempted kidnapping, diapers, and astronauts
- Hey iPod users, you may not want to upgrade to Vista just yet
- Fruitcake polling higher than Bush
Quotes O’ the Day
“Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!” ~Henry David Thoreau