# How to pick a candidate to vote out

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**Created:** [May 22, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pick-a-candidate-to-vote-out/540342 "2010-05-22T05:04:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pick-a-candidate-to-vote-out/540342/1 "2010-05-22T05:04:38Z")

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I came across this [article](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/science/earth/22assess.html?ref=todayspaper) in the New York Times:

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> Mr. Obama faces a much steeper path to an agreement limiting carbon dioxide emissions from other sectors of the economy, including electric power companies and heavy manufacturers. That will require a negotiated deal with a variety of regulation-averse industries like coal and oil and the lawmakers who represent their interests.

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> There are limits to what the president can do unilaterally, and, as the president himself has acknowledged, getting 60 votes to pass a sweeping energy bill through the Senate will require significant concessions on nuclear power, coal and, yes, offshore drilling.

We’re under an awful lot of stress right now, and frankly Obama could use a hand. If voting out ‘lawmakers who represent [oil and offshore drilling interests]’ is what it takes, well by golly, us Americans ought to pitch in at least that much.

Vote out the reps of the oil and offshore drilling interests. Vote in green energy candidates.