Graham pollster to Republicans: Abandon ‘cap and tax’, skepticism

Now that Sen. Lindsey Graham has teamed up with Sen.John Kerry in trying to foist cap-and-tax on America, one of Graham's goons is offering advice to Republicans on how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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In an article about a new poll indicating that almost 80 percent of Americans don't know what cap-and-trade is but that Republicans are almost twice as likely as Democrats to know about cap-and-trade, ClimateWire reports,

Republican pollster Whit Ayres downplayed the viability of phrases like "cap and tax." For those opposed to the bill, he said, the most effective strategy is using third-party "validators" like the Congressional Budget Office to point out costs of specific provisions within legislation. And he said the worst strategy for the GOP would be to deny that climate change is a man-made phenomenon, according to his polling research.

Although we are winning the battle against oppressive green climate/energy legislation -- or at least holding our own against vastly better funded opponents -- "Republican" pollster Ayres says we should change tactics -- i.e., don't say "cap-and-tax" and don't question whether climate change is manmade. Ayres further advises that we should rely on "third-party validators" like the CBO -- a group that thinks Americans will actually benefit economically from cap-and-tax (Oops... it slipped. Sorry, Dim-Whit.) Sen. Graham is one of Ayres' clients as is the Environmental Defense Fund -- no wonder Ayres wants us to surrender our winning ways. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is one of Ayres' clients -- do you think Ayres will follow the likes of Apple, Nike and Exelon and abandon the USCOC? Perhaps it should abandon Ayres?