The road to 60

摘要

Many commentators fear that Barack Obama's plans for a cap-and-trade bill have got fatally stuck in the Senate. Their calculations were shaken up over the weekend when Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, joined John Kerry, a liberal Massachusetts Democrat, to write an article headlined "Yes We Can (Pass Climate Change Legislation)" in the New York Times. Mr Kerry is the main author of the Senate's cap-and-trade bill. Mr Graham is no squishy moderate, but he is an occasional dealmaker. When he crosses the aisle, it tends to matter.