[Sabertooth]

You sound awful sure of yourself.

Japan has withdrawn from Kyoto. Russia didn't ratify it. Kyoto's dead as dead can be, and their ain't no way that Kerry could to pick up the 19 Senate seats he'd need to ratify, assuming a slew of Clinton-era Dem Senators flip-flopped.

34 GOP Senators can block any bad treaty

If the "divided government" numbskulls get their way and stay at home the Senate could very well be lost. If you don't think Kerry could get Kyoto ratified you are gambling a hell of a lot more than a 500 billion dollar prescription bill. All Kerry has to do is EO the accords pending senate approval and he is so desperate to get back into the good graces of the "community of nations" he will do it.

Yeah?

Why didn't Clinton do it?

I'm not gambling anything on Kerry, as you're aware. I've just seen the whole Kyoto "achievement" heavily overplayed in these parts the past few years. I'm glad Bush put a stake through it's corpse, and it has nice symbolic value, but as a practical matter it's not much more significant than National Pickle Week.

[Fledermaus]

A president can't EO a treaty.

Texasforever is confused.

[Texasforever]

Why didn't Clinton do it?

He did. At least 5 of his EO's including arsenic standards were Kyoto based. The ONLY reason Japan and Russia opted out was because Bush gave them the cover to do so. For a guy that says he is going to vote for Bush you sure don't find a lot to support him. Why is the blue blazes would you vote for him anyway? Kyoto

[William McKinley]

Russia didn't ratify it.

Russia didn't ratify it-- after Bush made it clear that it was not going to be ratified by the US within the time constraints within the protocol. They weren't about to hamstring their own economy even slightly unless we were completely hamstringing our own.

What you presented as a reason to not give Bush any credit, is a reason to give him credit.