RealClearPolitics - Cap And Trade Vote Shows Promise, Peril For Both Parties

RealClearPolitics - Cap And Trade Vote Shows Promise, Peril For Both Parties:

Back in April, I wrote a piece arguing that the Democrats would have trouble governing despite their large majorities in both Houses of Congress. My theory was that because so many Democrats hail from Republican-leaning districts, Democrats would struggle to cobble together majorities on contentious issues that divided along partisan lines.

The recent vote on so-called “Cap and Trade” legislation demonstrates this difficulty. It only passed narrowly: 219-212. Eight Republicans voted for the bill, while forty-four Democrats voted against it."