Republicans Pounce on Obama's Global-Warming Regulations for Political Fodder

The National Journal reports:

President Obama sees his new global-warming regulations as a cornerstone of his legacy. Republicans see them as fresh political ammunition.

On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled the first in a series of historic and controversial climate-change rules aimed at reining in carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants, the nation's top source of greenhouse-gas emissions.

Republican strategists say they see Obama's climate rules as a huge political liability—and they are raring to use climate policy broadly as a weapon against Democrats in the 2014 midterm elections.

"I'm looking at data in competitive House races that shows that this sucker will be a loser," said Brock McLeary, a pollster for the National Republican Congressional Committee. "If in 2014, Obamacare will be the right jab, climate policy will be the left. "

The struggles of the Obama regime.