The Slow Death Of Cap-And-Trade, Ctd

Dave Roberts doesn't think much could have been done differently. Bernstein penned a post-mortem last week:

It's worth noting that on a legislative time scale, cap-and-trade wasreally very, very, new, and most important laws tend to take a longtime, often spanning several Congresses, to pass.  Looking back...in1992, global warming was a two-sentence throwaway at the end of the Democratic Party platform.  If anything, it's even less prominent in 1996. In 2000, the Al Gore platform contained...