In the news of the completely expected, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg came out today in support for President Obama. He cited Obama's work in combatting climate change (wait, didn't it used to be called global warming?) and said that because of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy caused, this issue put Obama over the top.
In a story about the endorsement by the AP (they are providing a wealth of material for me these days), I caught this interesting section buried near the end:
To the dismay of environmental activists, climate change never came up during any of the three presidential debates and has been all but absent throughout the rest of the campaign. When Romney invoked the environment in his August speech accepting the Republican nomination, it was to mock his rival for making the issue a priority.
"President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet," Romney said. "My promise is to help you and your family."
I don't think Romney was so much mocking Obama for making the issue a priority as he was mocking him for claiming that he actually could alter the sea levels and heal the planet all in four years. It seems the AP actually took Obama's rhetoric seriously.
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