re: #48 Gus 802

Or when Democrats from coal states vote against cap and trade. You’ll never see a Republican voting for cap and trade.

Mark Kirk voted for it as a congressman, but has since announced he will vote against it if elected to the Senate. In Illinois the GOP needs a strong majority in the coal mining counties to counteract the Democrats urban strength. So no statewide Republican candidate can support cap and trade in this state and win.