Reply #1: The question is to know when it is time to care about global warming. The answer that was

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sent by those rumors that Reid refused to debunk was : NEVER, which actually corresponds with what we had seen for a large part of the Democratic caucus (not your senators, but people like McCaskill, Webb, Warner, Dorgan, ...). There are elections every two years in this country, so when do we tackle important issues that actually can have an impact on the life of every single citizen?

1/ It may be about California. It may be about Nevada. It may be about making the GOP look weak (which clearly will not happen).

2/ If Boxer cannot win against Fiorina, (Reid against Lowden), it should tell us a lot about the way the government is dealing with communication. May be this will help Boxer at the margin (are Hispanic voters so gullible that they dont see this for what it is?), but it will hurt other Democrats in other parts of the country.

3/Nice for CA, but what for the rest of the country? It is no surprise that the bills in both the House and the Senate were led by people from MA and CA, but it is because they want these rules to apply to the whole country, not a few islands. There is very little chance that a global effort on climate change happens in the US do not pass their laws.

4/I dont particularly trust Graham, but president Obama wants bipartisan bills, and Graham was the one ready to play, at considerable risks for his Senate seat. He obviously has his own agenda, but who does not/

5/ Of course, they did that. Do we have to follow suit? The problem is that, each time the GOP starts a divisive campaign, the Dems follow up.

6/Well, we elected him to put in place somewhat progressive politics. There was no question, even in my mind, that healthcare and financial reform had to be first, but, and we go back to the first point: when is it time to deal with important issues like climate change, and the answer that was given for the last two weeks (remember it did not start yesterday, but two weeks ago, was NEVER).

May be Graham was wimpish (and I am not surprised by that), but I dont see how Reid is not to be faulted. He let these rumors spread while there is NO laws for immigration ready. Given the lack of enthusiasm for these issues by many Democratic senators, it is difficult for me to think they did not know what they were doing by not answering the rumors.