Do you really think that accusing someone of being "shortsighted" and practicing "scapegoating" is a way to win them over to your position? I think that politicians are more likely to listen to a more diplomatic tone.
Honestly, SuperG, I can't decide whether I agree with your comment or not. People like Reid are leading us down the garden path and there is a lot at stake -- I also said "We need a real energy policy to see us and our children through to a safe world this year, 5 years from now, 10 years from now and after that" -- that's what's at stake. There's blunt talk and there's diplomacy. Sometimes one works, sometimes the other.

I assume you don't disagree with the fact that Reid is being shortsighted and is indeed practicing scapegoating. The problem is just that I said so.