Weak. As usual, GOP Senators are keeping Bush from having to veto something that passed the House by a wide margin. This time it’s the fairly progressive and wide-ranging energy bill. The bill would’ve increased automobile fuel efficiency standards, cut subsidies to oil companies by $21 billion, and mandated that 15% of our power be generated by sustainable means by 2020. Those are just some of the many things that Bush & Co. didn’t like about it. Harry Reid failed to get the cloture votes necessary, and refused to force the GOP to filibuster.

Forward-thinking energy bill? Nope. Not until January 21st, 2009. Can’t wait.