jon: also happening in west virginia, right? yeah. i was going to ask about west virginia. again, it s me goal, but that would be one as well because that was an appointment. suppose manchin wins. he would be replacing a democrat he appointed, cart goodwin. and i assume they would vote identically. manchin may want to fill out a little more of his governorship before taking the senate seat, we will see. if the republican wins, i m sure he d be replacing quickly. jon: beckel, here s an easy one for you, christopher thompson wants to know why no suspenders today? [laughter] jenna: oh, there you go. there you go, chris. easy answer. [laughter]
senator reid said. painfully honest saying they don t have the votes for cap-and-trade bill. they blamed it on republicans and left out that democrats opposed the legislation as well because it would put price on carbon emissions, especially from the coal. that would hit midwest consumer and industry hard not to mention the coal-producing states like west virginia. in fact, if you remember when cart goodwin was named as senator byrd s replacement, he made one pledge, he would not vote for pending bills in the senate for cap-and-trade. senator reid has been forced to retreat and would introduce a modest bill to up liability for b.p. over oil spill and push diesel truck for natural gas and expand energy program. a far cry from what the president and the democratic leaders have been pushing for two years. that s all they can get the votes for. bret: thanks. b.p. ceo tony hayward has
climate change and mostly due to a tact in slow economy it s hard to raise the inventory burden. i think the politics on tax increase changed so much three months ago that would have been unimaginable, the republicans could get enough democrats possibly to reserve the so-called bush tax cuts, the current tax law for at least a year maybe two years against wishes of president obama or reid. i think we have big fight. republicans are now comfortable saying in this economy we can t raise taxes and the fed chairman said that. bret: a.b., the democrats came down to numbers and the senator who took seat of late robert byrd, carte goodwin, he talked about policy and only talked about i m voting against climate change. there was the 60th vote for senator reid. they have the numbers. it s a math game and they
climate change bill as senator reid said. painfully honest saying they don t have the votes for cap-and-trade bill. they blamed it on republicans and left out that democrats opposed the legislation as well because it would put price on carbon emissions, especially from the coal. that would hit midwest consumer and industry hard not to mention the coal-producing states like west virginia. in fact, if you remember when cart goodwin was named as senator byrd s replacement, he made one pledge, he would not vote for pending bills in the senate for cap-and-trade. senator reid has been forced to retreat and would introduce a modest bill to up liability for b.p. over oil spill and push diesel truck for natural gas and expand energy program. a far cry from what the president and the democratic leaders have been pushing for two years. that s all they can get the votes for. bret: thanks. b.p. ceo tony hayward has