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Diddy Blog #12 "Gas Prices are Too High"

A good, short article appeared on this not too long ago in the Wall Street Journal. Its worth a read. According to this article the main differences come down to this: Obama: Bigger role for the government in promoting alternatives to oil (though in what way - through incentives or through subsidizing?) and regulating emissions. Promises to invest 150 billion dollars in alternative fuels. Supports nuclear if we come up with "a safe, long-term solution for disposing of nuclear waste". McCain: More of a market based approach. His record shows a resistance to supporting mandates and tax credits. I suppose, ultimately, this just means that the federal standards on emissions would be more lax, and he would be less willing to spend tax dollars on less promising alternative fuels. It is not clear to me, though, exactly what role he things the government should have. Is it just to get out of the way? On a different note: I'm not sure what I think about drilling. I know Obama opp...

McCain has had a number of really interesting ideas lately. At least they are not the standard tired Republican BS that you hear spouted from the likes of Hannity and his dippy followers. Here are the ones I'm referring to: Town Hall meetings with Obama - This is a great idea! It gets us away from the silly and uninformative debates where each candidate is supposed to boil down a solution to a complex problem into a 30 second sound-bite. Not only they get to deal with the public directly (which will probably lead to its own silliness though), but the newish format would suggest that both campaigns are really interested promoting a different type of politics. Unfortunately it looks like Obama won't take him up on it :( Here is a snipit from a recent Time article : After expressing interest in the idea initially, Obama has since backed away, saying he will meet McCain for only one joint town hall, on July 4, when few Americans will be huddled around a television set to watch pol...