The Obama-Gore Consensus

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Barack Obama's great virtue is his ability to behave like a cynical politician without getting a reputation as a cynical politician.The latest example is his left-pleasing promise during the campaign for a windfall oil tax, now quietly removed from his transition Web site.

Explained an aide, the tax was all along meant to apply only if oil prices are over $80 a barrel. "They are below that now and expected to stay below that."

[And below 40$ they get a tax credit, right? Hello? {anyone?}]

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