Ruth Marcus: So, what's your answer?

BY RUTH MARCUS Published: October 3, 2012


President Obama, climate change has been on the back burner during your presidency. In your acceptance speech, you spoke of climate change as “a threat to our children's future” and cited “my plan” to deal with it. And that would be … ?

Gov. Romney, in your acceptance speech you seemed to mock the notion of climate change. You have called for additional study because of a “lack of scientific consensus.” What is your basis for saying so, and what would it take to get you to act?


President Obama, your own jobs council has warned against government obstacles that “threaten the development of some energy projects, negatively impact jobs and weaken our energy infrastructure.” How does this square with your rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline?



Gov. Romney, ensuring that children are school-ready is an important element of later success. Your education plan is silent on early childhood education. You said recently that having one parent who “can be at home in those early years of education can be extraordinarily important.” Since this is not feasible for many families, what do you propose?


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