Palin: San Francisco is Obama’s Truth Serum

Nick Timiraos reports from Lakewood, Ohio, on the presidential race. Sarah Palin kept up her attacks today against Barack Obama ’s energy policies in Ohio during her fifth stop in the Buckeye State in two days. Palin again criticized the Illinois senator for comments he made to the San Francisco Chronicle earlier this year when he said that his proposal to cap greenhouse gases would make it much harder to produce coal-fired power plants without more advanced technology. Sarah Palin speaks during a campaign event in Owensville, Ohio, on Sunday. (AP) “So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can,” Obama said then. “It’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.” The issue is particularly sensitive in coal-rich Ohio, West Virginia, and Colorado. Obama made the comments to the San Francisco Chronicle in January, which were posted on YouTube over the weekend. Palin ... (link)