Joltin’ Joe Biden’s next job: making a case for carbon caps.

PHILADELPHIA – The Obama administration is hoping to convince struggling Rust Belt and coal country states that the cap on carbon emissions they have long resisted as a threat to their livelihoods is actually the key to their economic turnaround.

It’ll take some finesse.

No kidding. Especially after Obama told the San Francisco Chronicle he intends to “bankrupt” the coal industry.