Some people need to be competitive to get anything of worth done. I understand that. For them, I offer the following challenge, made by India: The government of India has pledged that the global warming emissions of its country will remain below the emissions of more wealthy nations like the United States, in spite of the rapid growth of India’s economy and population.

So, the ball is now in the court of us Americans. Are we going to let the people of India defeat us in the competition to restrain greenhouse gas emissions? If you want to be defeatist in this contest, then vote for a right wing politician who won’t even try to win. If you want America to be the winner, vote progressive in 2008.

(Source: Reuters, December 2, 2007)