It doesn't look good for the climate bill. The MA Senate election had consequences.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/103737-climate-bill-teetering

Climate change legislation appears dead after two setbacks in quick succession — first from the Oval Office and then from Congress.

Sen. Scott Brown (Mass.), a crucial Republican swing vote, met with President Barack Obama on Wednesday and told him he would not support a cap-and-trade plan or carbon fee to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

But this blow came after Obama delivered the first setback Tuesday night. In his primetimes speech, he called for comprehensive energy reform but did not propose an emissions cap.

This stance may parallel his rhetorical backing for a public healthcare option that, however, was later excluded from reform legislation.

The White House has told Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and environmental activists that it supports the carbon cap in his bill, but the presidential bully pulpit has not been used to demand it.

I cannot disagree with this article at all. I said at the time that Pres. Obama not mentioning a carbon cap during his oval office address was devastating to getting that bill passed. And also, the Murkowski amendment vote seems to have had tea leaves after all. Scott Brown delivers a big F.U. to the state of Massachusetts which overwhelmingly supports dealing with global climate change.