Dem gov puts wind in McCain sails

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

Source: Baltimore Sun

Dem gov puts wind in McCain sails

May 12, 2008 Baltimore Sun Jim Tankersley

PORTLAND, Ore. - John McCain got an unexpected boost in his bid to woo independent and Democratic voters here this afternoon: a shared stage with Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski.

Kulongoski is a Democrat who has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. So local reporters were stunned to see him turn up at wind-power firm Vestas near Portland International Airport along with McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. The event, a major speech on global warming, was designed to pitch McCain's environmental views to moderate western voters.

..."As president of the United States," McCain said, "I will sit down with Gov. Ted Kulongoski and all of the governors of this country, whether they are Democrat or Republican, and work for the betterment of the nation."

We're waiting to hear the Clinton camp's reaction. (Both she and Obama, incidentally, panned McCain's global warming speech.)

Read more: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/dem_gov_puts_wind_in_mccain_sa.html

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Any "moderate" Democrat who would prefer McCain to Obama either ISN'T a moderate, or is badly misinformed about McCain's record. Lots of talk about environmentalism, and lots of votes in favor of Bush's anti-environmentalism. The Arizona Senator wants to have it both ways.

[gateley]

1. I hope the Oregonians give him an earful. nt

[Tempest]

2. Will he support state's attempts to set emission standards?

That's the real litmus test for me.

[AlinPA]

3. He is a Democrat and seems to believe that a republican cares about the environment? McCain is

a Bush** clone on policy.

[liberal N proud]

4. Any Democrat that would support McCain isn't

[Joyce78]

5. Ouch, don't be so picky ... I'm wondering as governor he was just

exercising political courtesy. Call me naive I guess, but when we have to start to unite as a nation, perhaps he deemed it prudent to at least host a presidential nominee, albeit from the Repuke party.

[muryan]

6. I agree

As long as he supports Obama/Clinton in the GE, I'm ok with it.

[modrepub]

7. At least he's willing

to do something about this. Not sure if he's aggressive enough and I don't like cap and trade programs because they are, in my opinion, full of gimmicks, hard to administer and prone to cheating. Would rather see something simple like a carbon tax.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

8. its a campaign event for John McCain! Dems don't campaign for republicans

Clinton-backing Oregon gov. attends McCain campaign event

Mon May 12, Jed Report

This is weird: today, Oregon's Democratic governor Ted Kulongoski stood by John McCain's side at a campaign event designed to distance McCain from George Bush's failed energy policy.
...Why would a Democratic governor (and superdelegate) stand by McCain's side for such an important campaign event?

Making things more curious, it turns out Kulongoski is a Hillary Clinton supporter and as he stood beside McCain, Bill Clinton was on the trail in Astoria, Oregon, 90 miles away, also taking about energy policy.

So instead of going on the stump with a former President to support a Democratic candidate, Kulongoski decided to lend his credibility to John McCain's campaign.

Strange.

...more at the link