Q Greenpeace announced yesterday that it opposes the energy legislation. And I know that President Obama wanted — or originally proposed a hundred percent auction, and it’s now down to 15 percent. Greenpeace says that the lobbyists have gotten to this bill and watered it down so much that it’s better not to pass it. I’m wondering if President Obama feels that this is the best bill that can pass Congress, or if he stands by the content of this bill regardless of the political realities?
MR. GIBBS: Look, I think there’s no doubt that the President believes this would be a historic step forward in energy and climate change legislation; that he disagrees with those on both sides of the political spectrum that criticize this legislation.
Jake, I won’t — I believe the President would very clearly say that would a process of a hundred percent auction that he proposed in the campaign be a more perfect way to do it? Yes. But I think the administration is not going to make the perfect the enemy of the really, really good. In a way that moves this bill — it moves this legislation forward and gets us one step closer to taking comprehensive action to deal with dangerous greenhouse gas emissions that we all know threaten and endanger our planet. And I think that’s why he’s working hard right now to ensure that it’s one step closer today.
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