Sure enough, the letter is peppered with conservative and neoliberal buzzwords like "sound science" and "frivolous litigation." We must, of course, "resist the temptation to rely on taxes or subsidies" (not a word about removing those that already exist). And the fifth principle of 12: "Immediately Expand Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration and Production," which "create new investment and new jobs here at home." (Except the fossil fuel sector boasts extraordinarily low labor intensity, and any dollar spent elsewhere -- say, R&E -- will produce far more further investment and jobs.) Then there's nuclear and clean coal, on the list above "renewable sources."

And so on. Feh. Chasing after further large-scale fossil and nuclear supply sources (market losers, despite the fealty to markets expressed earlier) really is pointless and counter-productive. It's not some irrational partisanship or stubbornness to say so. It's not a sign of wisdom to abandon that position in the name of a centrism defined by a group of center-right brahmins.