BABY, IT'S NOT WARM ENOUGH OUTSIDE - AT 7:59 A.M. ET:  The Senate is delaying the "climate change" (formerly known as global warming before all the embarrassing facts came out) bill.  Barbara "please call me Senator" Boxer is the liberal-in-charge:

The Senate does not plan to make any serious moves toward approving a climate change bill until September, a month later than its leaders' previous expectation.

Sen. Barbara Boxer today told reporters that she will not draft a climate change bill in her Environment and Public Works Committee until September, throwing the timetable for action in the chamber into doubt on one of President Obama's top legislative goals.

COMMENT:  This provides an opportunity for the Republicans, and their allies around the country, to mount a major challenge to the bill, with the aim of peeling away moderate Democrats.  The "climate change" bill that passed the House is radical, and could have devastating economic effects...just as we're learning that the global warming hysteria is thoroughly unjustified.

This is a time to educate the American people.  When informed, they will act with their phone calls, polling replies and voices.  The president's poll numbers are going down because voters are responding to facts about wild spending, zero results, and crazy hype.  The same can happen with "climate change" legislation that won't change any climate, will make select individuals very rich, and potentially hurt far more than it will help.

But opposing isn't enough.  Republicans must have, and have quickly, their own legislative program - practical, attractive, and easy to understand.

July 10, 2009