A Change Is Gonna Come

The President, in that spirit of bipartisanship we've all been hearing about, is using his trip to Asia to take on the Democrats' position for withdrawals in Iraq and concerns on globalization, dismissing both as "the old temptations of isolationism and protectionism". Yes, the Mr. With Us Or Against Us, who has isolated us from many of our former allies, is lecturing the Democrats on that. Apparently, for instance, Americans concerned that outsourcing our workforce to another continent will gut the American economy are foolish isolationists whose ideas must be "rejected". Or downsized. Whatever.

Now comes the question of whether the President will take that same stance in regards to the issue of global warming, which he acknowledged exists, but isn't sure needs to be dealt with. Will he concede the issue and sign off on legislation? Or stand firm and veto? The polar ice caps wait with baited breath!

Reuters:

Three Democratic senators who are to lead powerful environmental committees in Congress urged President George W. Bush on Wednesday to combat global warming by putting mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions...

...The three lawmakers -- Barbara Boxer of California, Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, who was re-elected as an independent but has identified himself as a Democrat -- urged Bush to work with them "to signal to the world that global warming legislation is on the way."...

One can hope the President will greet the legislation as a liberator.

UPDATE: What we're up against... Sen. Inhofe (R-Ok) dismissed climate change concerns as "brainwashing".