with multiple extensive answers (one hopes). Inslee will be asked for a response and can say why his plans are better the next day.

But his absence will be conspicuous. He would be a strong contender against Trump. Wish he could be the moderator.

He's been calling for a climate debate all along. Disappointing that he won't be included.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/gov-jay-inslee-2020-election-climate-debate-1415376

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He'd know which questions to ask that would reveal each candidates level of knowledge on the subject.

didn't bother to cover him.

And in the debate, he only had a few minutes to speak, and he was limited by the topic of the question the reporter asked.

agree there is climate change.

he could have spend time promoting himself as the best on the environment.

We have a tiny, tiny window of time in which to act -- and nothing else will matter when we have an unlivable planet.

And he HAS promoted himself as the best on the environment. But he doesn't have unlimited resources for self-promotion, and the media thinks climate change is boring.

But, based on Beto's website, it isn't the central, overriding concern it is for Jay Inslee.

I watched the debates and I didn't come away from that feeling that ORourke was on the same page as Inslee with regard to that issue.

While he does have a comprehensive climate plan, I don't think of it is his top priority like it is for Inslee.

Next would be Voting Rights because without that none of the other things are possible.

I would say that Immigration would probably be next, not because it's the only important issue, but because of what Trump is doing.

whoever they are, say that on their campaign websites?

United States, four out of ten candidates said climate change.”

will be their #1 priority.

Someone could say that their top priority was raising the minimum wage, for example, or universal healthcare -- and still say that the biggest "geopolitical threat" was climate change.

Geopolitical refers to politics, related to geography, on an international level. (Another geopolitical threat would be pollution of the oceans.)

"relating to politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors".

Thanks for the thread left of center.

Inslee doesn't get to 2% because they don't cover him. Now they use the low poll standing which they helped engineer as an excuse to exclude him. This is their window of opportunity. They host a climate debate that they crippled in advance, claim they did their part, and return to their regularly scheduled programming- Trump's tweets and endless hand-wringing over Democrats' inadequate responses to the party of treason, autocracy, and economic and environmental plunder.

Unlike Lake Wobegon, all 23 candidates can't be "above average". Inslee (who I've contributed to) hasn't resonated while other candidates have.

Messam and Gravel are doing poorly on merit. I can't speak to et cetera. Inslee is not telegenic and that is sufficient to doom his campaign.

It's like "America's Dumbest Criminals" in an endless loop. Sadly, qualification for the job takes a back seat to the ability to attract eyeballs for the networks.

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Not only was Beto the FIRST one to release a Climate Plan
https://betoorourke.com/climate-change/

At least a couple of other candidates have co-opted much of what is in Beto's plan.

Beto has been holding roundtables on Climate, visiting areas directly impacted by climate and includes Climate JUSTICE into the conversation.

These are only a few examples of these kinds of conversations. There are many more that I didn't add.


Climate Round Table in Iowa

has ALWAYS been climate change.

Inslee announced March 1.

O'Rourke announced March 14.

Link to tweet

Beto released his Climate Plan on April 29th. Inslee released his on May 3rd. So yes, Beto was the FIRST candidate to release a Climate Plan. Also, in the article I tracked down to prove that fact is also the quote of O'Rourke where he said Climate Change is his "north star" issue...

Beto O'Rourke releases $5 trillion plan to combat climate crisis
April 29th

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/beto-o-rourke-releases-5-trillion-plan-combat-climate-crisis-n999416

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Inslee has been working against climate change for decades. Also, as a Representative in Congress he introduced a climate change bill.

And he announced his candidacy for the Presidency weeks before O'Rourke announced his. Every article about Inslee's announcement noted that he was the only candidate to center his campaign around climate change. O'Rourke must have decided that was a good idea.

Can you provide any link showing that O'Rourke had been talking about climate change for decades? Or showing that Inslee wasn't the first announced candidate to center his campaign around climate change?

https://www.amazon.com/Apollos-Fire-Igniting-Americas-Economy/dp/1597261750/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jay+inslee&qid=1564204922&s=gateway&sr=8-1

From 2007:

From Publishers Weekly

To free the U.S. of fossil fuel dependency while boosting the economy, we need the kind of visionary leadership that led to the Apollo moon landings in 1969, according to Inslee and Hendricks in this energetic articulation of a clean-energy future. That vision is sadly lacking under the current administration, reports Washington State Congressman Inslee in several caustic sidebars about his contentious energy discussions with President Bush and Vice-President Cheney. His first-person anecdotes lighten this otherwise earnest book, based on initiatives of the Apollo Alliance, an advocacy group and think tank uniting unions, environmental groups and business organizations committed to fostering a green economy. Redesigning the car, investing in solar power, mining wind for power, exploring the nascent technology of wave energy, using energy more efficiently and working clean coal and safe nuclear power into the equation are among the authors' prescriptions. Inslee is primary congressional sponsor of the New Apollo Energy Act and on the Apollo Alliance advisory board; coauthor Hendricks is a member of the alliance's steering committee. A brief foreword by Bill Clinton waxes enthusiastic about the synergy between the book, the alliance and the proposed legislation. (Nov. 2)

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How can I help him score higher in the next polls? Is there any way? I suppose more money would help him raise his profile?

Are they saying they've already chosen the people based on their criteria NOW? Or do they get to work toward the goal like they do for the DNC debate until close to the time? Does anyone know?

OK!! I found it! The deadline is August 28. I'm giving $50 to Jay Inslee in hopes that he can raise his profile enought to get poll numbers to get him on the stage. Join me!