Obama team retains Bush polar bear policy

With this decision by President Obama, it is clear that he believes cap and trade policies will be put in place by the end of the year. I think it is very important to protect our endangered wildlife especially in places like Alaska where the ice continues to melt away leaving less room for animals to roam. I agree that the Endangered Species Act was not the right way to attack the problem because that should be intended for things we definitely can control through our own actions in terms of hunting or poaching. The issue of global warming is something that is way too complex for the Endangered Species Act to be covering and President Obama must believe that there are alternatives to the problem. I think it will be very difficult for anything major to get done on the cap and trade issue in the near future simply because there are too many parties involved that will need to be given concessions. This is an issue that not all Democrats can rally upon, which takes away any potential filibuster prevention tactics they could have used. This notion will make it easy for Republicans to attack the issue and keep public support for the measure down.