From our friends over the delightfully erudite and rational RedState, specifically the redundantly named honcho Erick Erickson--they're freaking out on the ramifications if McCain decides to support the Gang of 16 (did four drop out?) plan for energy. From broadcast email:
There are troubling whispers in Washington that John McCain might soon endorse the Gang of 16 Energy Proposal. It would be a terrible mistake for John McCain to sign on to this plan. Endorsing this plan would be the policy equivalent of picking a pro-abortion running mate.
For the past several months, John McCain has ridden the energy issue, moreso than any other single issue, to the top of the polls. Governor Palin, one of the nation's leading proponents of domestic energy production, further solidifies John McCain as the candidate who takes the energy issue seriously.
To endorse the Gang of 16 plan would undermine Senator McCain's credibility on the issue. In addition to the terrible politics of the plan for Republicans, the plan itself is terrible, terrible policy.
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