leaders stand on this. what about the rest of the congress? would they stand behind the president? i ve seen some good signs. the fact that, you know, michael bloomberg, who is largely seen as a bipartisan figure, a nonpartisan political figure, came out and said he was supporting the president, not because of his politics, but because he was convinced that president obama would act on this problem, and it was very encouraging, of course, to see in his victory speech that he specifically spoke to this issue. at the same time, i see some potential for a bipartisan cooperation on this issue. you know, the fact is that climate change shouldn t be a partisan issue. whether you re republican or a democrat, the impacts are going to be felt by us all. by all of our children and grandchildren if we don t act now to avert a potential catastrophe. it s nice to see that there are conservatives. for example, there s an effort at the american enterprise institute, a conservative think tank, an ef