Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who is running for President Obama’s former Senate seat in 2010, just pulled off an amazing trick at a Republican event over the weekend: He said that he voted for the climate bill in the House, but would vote against it in the Senate — and got the crowd to switch from booing to cheering him.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=138177