Whether Obama’s remarks will bear any fruit remains a wide-open question. Both Democrats and Republicans shouted and gave the president a standing ovation when he called for “building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country.” And a few Democrats, including Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, stood up alongside most Republicans when he said, “It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development.”
But there is little hope Obama will win over longtime Republican opponents. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), a prominent global warming skeptic and the ranking member of House Energy and Commerce Committee, stood and waved to Obama when he mentioned the lawmakers who doubt the evidence on climate change. And several Republicans around Barton did not hold back in their laughter either.
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