Liz Edwards For President

Because she's real about Global Warming. From Ben Smith:

"The politics of global warming got very concrete, and oddly difficult, in a meeting with local environmentalists in the coastal town of McClellanville today, where Elizabeth Edwards raised in passing the importance of relying on locally-grown fruit.
"We've been moving back to 'buy local,'" Mrs. Edwards said, outlining a trade policy that "acknowledges the carbon footprint" of transporting fruit.
"I live in North Carolina. I'll probably never eat a tangerine again," she said, speaking of a time when the fruit is reaches the price that it "needs" to be.
Edwards had talked about "sacrifice," at the meeting, but Elizabeth's suggestion illustrated just how difficult it is to sell the specifics of sacrifice.
Asked about her comment immediately after the event, John Edwards avoided the question twice, then said he isn't sure.
"Would I add to the price of food?" he asked. "I'd have to think about that."

"UPDATE: Just to be clear, he's not talking about a food tax. The basic point is that any plan that imposes new costs on carbon emissions is going to make anything that's transported long distances with fossil fuels cost more. It is, in a way, a moment of clarity in this debate."

'Sacrifice' is a key word that no one on the left or the environmental lobby wants to bring up. If you truly want to clean up the environment and wean American off of fossil fuels (a goal that is becoming vital, especially in terms of our Middle East problems) then there must be a sacrifice made in terms of either a carbon tax, gas tax, or luxury tax. And the only way it can be done is if the top makes this a vitally important issue. It is possible for a country to get their population to sacrifice but only if they can make the case that the sacrifice means something that will benefit the population. So far the Democrats have been woefully inadequate doing this.

Hat Tip: AYCE