I’d say Obama was eminently wise at the time. The Senate climate bill was dead on arrival given the inevitable use of the filibuster by Republicans, especially since there were a couple of blue dog Democrats who were going to vote against the bill also for sure. Should Obama had lost this high-profile battle early in his presidency, it would have made it much more difficult to win other battles, including securing passage of the ACA.
By contrast, the ACA was structured in such a way that it wasn’t subject to the filibuster. I suspect Obama decided that it was thus judicious to try to win this battle first, and try to build up some political capital. The administration was also, simultaneously, drafting the rules for the Clean Power Plan, which his administration could implement without Congressional blockage. wil Dr. Wil Burns Co-Executive Director, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment School of International Service, American University 2650 Haste Street, Towle Hall #G07 Berkeley, CA 94720 650.281.9126 (Phone) http://www.dcgeoconsortium.org<http://www.dcgeoconsortium.org/> [cid:image002.png@01D20CC8.ABB787D0] Blog: Teaching Climate/Energy Law & Policy, http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org<http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org/> Twitter: https://twitter.com/wil_burns Skype ID: Wil.Burns View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=240348 From: gep-ed@googlegroups.com [mailto:gep-ed@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eduardo Viola Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 6:58 AM To: jrose...@iit.edu Cc: Schreurs, Miranda <miranda.schre...@fu-berlin.de>; gep-ed@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [gep-ed] good article on Obama and climate change Excellent article and video! But there is no reflection about what happened between June and September 2009. How wise was Obama in giving priority to Obamacare over the battle for the climate change bill in the Senate that had already passed in the House? Best, Eduardo Viola Eduardo Viola, PhD Professor Titular - Full Professor IREL - Institute of International Relations UnB - University of Brasilia C.P. 04306 70904-970, Brasília D.F. Brazil E-mail: eduvi...@gmail.com<mailto:eduvi...@gmail.com> Pesquisador 1B do CNPq Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/2685286492991791 Internet: http://www.irel.unb.br Google Scholar Citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NVRS_VcAAAAJ&hl=en [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B07u8J16a6fxNExodlRJQy11aVU&revid=0B07u8J16a6fxUStxMWVvelFwNm9sNHMvK0FVMlkzQ1cyUGs4PQ]www.twitter.com/eduardoviola<http://www.twitter.com/eduardoviola> 2016-09-11 23:22 GMT-03:00 Jonathan Rosenberg <jrose...@iit.edu<mailto:jrose...@iit.edu>>: Yes, thanks Miranda. And the embedded video is the actual interview with Obama by the New York Times reporters. My environmental IPE class got a lot out of watching and discussing it. I would recommend it even more strongly for a comparative environmental politics class as it reveals a good deal about the vagaries of environmental policy in a federal state with a presidential system. Best, Jonathan On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Schreurs, Miranda <miranda.schre...@fu-berlin.de<mailto:miranda.schre...@fu-berlin.de>> wrote: Dear all, this NYTimes special does a great job of summarizing Obama’s climate policy and how it came about. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/us/politics/obama-climate-change.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-1&action=click&contentCollection=Science®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article Best, Miranda Schreurs Until September 30, 2016: Prof. Miranda Schreurs Director, Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) Freie Universität Berlin Ihnestrasse 22 Berlin, 14195 Germany Tel +49 30 838 56654<tel:%2B49%2030%20838%2056654> miranda.schre...@fu-berlin.de<mailto:miranda.schre...@fu-berlin.de> Starting October 1, 2016: Prof. Environment and Climate Policy Bavarian School of Public Policy/Hochschule für Politik Technical University of Munich Richard Wagner Strasse 1 80333 Munich, Germany Email: miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de<mailto:miranda.schre...@hfp.tum.de> Tel: 0049 (0) 89 907793220<tel:89%20907793220> website Deutsch: http://www.hfp.tum.de/startseite/ website English: http://www.hfp.tum.de/en/home/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. 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