tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post8699256708582058963..comments2023-11-03T02:18:41.733-07:00Comments on WattHead - Energy News and Commentary: Yuletide Gifts from Washington D.C.: Reflections on a Frustrating Week of Federal Energy, Climate PoliticsJesse Jenkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297127385884430247noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post-41524661819358728002007-12-20T10:13:00.000-08:002007-12-20T10:13:00.000-08:00Hi Phil. Oh I'm certainly bummed, but don't think...Hi Phil. Oh I'm certainly bummed, but don't think for a minute that that does anything but steel my resolve for the work ahead.<BR/><BR/>What has become clear this week is that striving for incremental victories with this Congress is not our primary task. I had held out hope until this week that we could at least win some meaningful victories on the clean energy front, if not on the climate front, before 2009. Sadly, my hopes of that are dwindling rapidly.<BR/><BR/>But you are dead on. What we must do now, and what this week has proven to me, is redouble our efforts to lay the groundwork for transformative politics, for a fundamental Power Shift!<BR/><BR/>In solidarity,<BR/><BR/>JesseJesse Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00297127385884430247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post-87842635541622018132007-12-20T09:41:00.000-08:002007-12-20T09:41:00.000-08:00Jesse, I hope you are not too bummed out by these ...Jesse, I hope you are not too bummed out by these events. In our hearts we know that nothing visionary can happen while Bush is still in office. We are laying the groundwork for transformative politics to happen as soon as he is gone. Keep up your great work!Phil Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13628008991715709218noreply@blogger.com