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"Only Nixon can go to China.
Only Bush can go to Houston."

Great line! :)

The more I think about it, the more I think that undertaking a 'geo-green' project like this would be the most courageous and radical act of Bush's presidency, more even than the decision to invade Iraq. The question is whether he has the balls to piss off some very wealthy and powerful people in the process.

Ticklish question.
How much personal fortune does one man need or want? Besides,as a born again Christian, Bush is not motivated by mo' money. Bush delights in being a contrarian, so the powerful and wealthy are not the issue that conventional wisdom assumes. In fact 43 strikes me as being one who cuts against the grain more than even Reagan.
Besides the abdication of American manufacturing to China, there are few issues that cut as closely to the national security jugular as energy dependency. I think we have the only President who would have the will and capability to pull it off. The bigger question is: Who is going to push for it among staff, and is there enough room to fit energy independence on the plate before the restaurant closes in '08? As for the line "Only Bush can go to Houston"...it was your previous comment that inspired it.