as to your denial of Romney on C&T:
http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:OEKApm8YOXEJ:www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/6/12/mccain-veeps-and-cap-and-trade.html+Romney+on+cap+n+trade&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Mitt Romney: Mitt Romney's position on cap-and-trade is the hardest to pin down. Campaigning in New Hampshire last year, Governor Romney was captured on video saying about cap-and-trade: "I support it on a global basis as one of the possible solutions. I do not support it for the USA alone. I want to do it with other nations involved." The governor could also be found during the campaign attacking the McCain's sponsorship of cap-and-trade legislation, saying it would have increased energy costs for the average Florida family of four by $1,000 and would "kill jobs."
Governor Romney opposed mandatory, Kyoto-like “global warming” regulations in Massachusetts, opting instead for voluntary, pro-growth measures to increase energy efficiency of businesses, reduce carbon emissions and improve the environment with the Massachusetts Climate Protection Plan.
(Office of Gov. Mitt Romney, "Romney Unveils Climate Protection Plan for Massachusetts," Press Release, 5/06/2004)... "Some of the most economically punitive measures activist groups frequently propose to reach such goals, such as energy taxes and emission caps, are absent from the plan. It is thus unlikely the state will suffer the economic consequences of capping carbon dioxide emissions. Research has found those costs could reach $6,300 per household by raising the price of goods and destroying jobs.
... "In addition to rejecting more stringent proposals, Romney made a special effort to convey that he personally had doubts about alarmist global warming theory, going so far as to attach a letter to the plan's final version suggesting he remains unconvinced that man-made greenhouse gases are an environmental problem.
"Romney said he was unsure whether climate change is occurring and whether human activity is causing it," reported the May 7 Environment & Energy Daily.
"Romney characterized his support of the plan as an 'insurance policy' focusing on voluntary initiatives in the private sector and mandatory reductions primarily directed at state agencies themselves.
Mitt Romney difficult to pin down.
Make that difficult to pin down what state he might run from.
born in Mich. Lived in Mass, N.H., etc.
Now has a home around 10 miles from me here in San Diego.
He is a looking out for No. 1 guy and we got that type right now.