Opinion: Joe Biden demonstrates how not to design a climate plan
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer May 10 at 3:30 PM When you run for president as a Democrat, you have to provide fairly detailed policies on the key issues Democratic voters care about. In this cycle, there are indications that the most important priority for Democratic voters is climate change.
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is crafting a climate change policy he hopes will appeal to both environmentalists and the blue-collar voters who elected Donald Trump, according to two sources, carving out a middle ground approach that will likely face heavy resistance from green activists.
The approach, which has not been previously reported, will set Biden apart from many of his Democratic rivals for the White House who have embraced much tougher climate agendas, like the Green New Deal calling for an end to U.S. fossil fuels use within ten years. That could make Biden a target of environmental groups and youth activists ahead of next year’s primary elections.
Biden’s people are just coming out and saying that he has an existing election strategy — hold Democratic voters and poach conservative blue-collar white voters from Trump — and they’re fashioning his climate plan so it slots into that strategy.
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