The democrats main problem is that sane people now find them repulsive.
19 Sept: Daily Caller: Michael Bastasch: Lindsey Graham Joins Dems In Calling For A Carbon Tax
“I’m a Republican. I believe that the greenhouse effect is real, that CO2 emissions generated by man is creating our greenhouse gas effect that traps heat, and the planet is warming,” Graham told an audience at a Yale University event hosted by former Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday.
“A price on carbon—that’s the way to go in my view,” Graham said, according to Time.
Graham is working with Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on carbon tax legislation, making him one of the few Republicans — possibly the only in the Senate — to explicitly endorse a carbon tax. Graham also worked with Democrats on cap-and-trade legislation in 2010...
Whitehouse and Schatz both said they were in talks on carbon tax legislation with several Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress.
Graham is apparently one of those pro-carbon tax Republicans. There are also 28 Republican lawmakers on the House Climate Solutions Caucus that have so far been silent on a carbon tax but could possibly be convinced to support such a policy...
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/19/lindsey-graham-joins-dems-in-calling-for-a-carbon-tax/