Posted on 04/06/2015 2:52:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
San Francisco activist Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate Super PAC Monday announced the billionaire Democrat will wage a campaign to put Republicans on the “hot seat” about climate change and spend “what it takes” for an aggressive new high-tech “war room” to track — and attack — GOP candidates in 2016.
The program, based at the NextGen headquarters in the Financial District — with satellite offices in Washington, D.C., and other cities — aims to make climate change a “top tier” issue next year. It will focus its firepower on turning environmental concerns into a “wedge issue,” especially with young voters, Steyer’s lead strategist, Chris Lehane, said in a conference call Monday.
Lehane is a former Clinton White House spokesman and San Francisco strategist who has been dubbed “the Master of Disaster” for his expertise in ruthless political rapid response. He said the social-media-heavy “Hot Seat” effort will focus on “Koch Republicans” engaged in “science denial’’ — starting Tuesday with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who is expected to announce his 2016 bid for the White House Tuesday....
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If our guys cannot handle this they shouldn’t be president.
How does he feel about the denier O’Malley?
I cannot think of a BETTER stroke of luck than having Democrats try to make this election a referendum on global warming.
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