DIDN'T THEY NOTICE THE ELECTION? - AT 10:23 A.M. ET:  In the midst of the most severe economic downturn since the great Depression, in the face of increasing skepticism from many scientists, and despite the results of Tuesday's elections, stalwarts of the flaky party moved forward with environmental legislation to save the world, the Universe, even local neighborhoods:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday approved a Democratic climate change bill that would require industry to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases 20 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels.

With Republicans boycotting the committee's work saying more analysis of the legislation was needed, 10 Democrats voted to approve the legislation and one Democrat, Senator Max Baucus, voted against it.

The bill will now become one of several initiatives aimed at attacking global warming. Senator John Kerry is leading an effort with some Republicans and the White House to craft a compromise bill, which likely would not be voted on by the full Senate until next year at the earliest.

COMMENT:  Although some similar legislation will probably get through the House, there's a good chance it can be stopped in the full Senate, although Al Gore may fly in aboard a private jet to lobby for it and show movies about the Senate gym sinking into the mud of global warming.  Dems do not have in the Senate the kind of hard-line liberal base they have in the House.

November 5, 2009