President Obama laid out his energy plan for America, with the headline-grabbing line that he intends to cut oil imports by a third in about a decade. Read the full text here. A quick survey of bloggers of all stripes finds them underwhelmed, in part because they don't see much hope of the president winning congressional approval on key parts:
- Ezra Klein, Washington Post: It's "not a very good plan," with the first part focusing on expanding domestic production of oil, "the very fuel we need to be weaning ourselves off of." And it doesn't get much better. "Obama needs to look presidential and solutions-oriented while Congress squabbles over the budget for the rest of 2011. On all those measures, this plan will very likely be successful. It just won’t do much for the planet."