I am sure that if the opponents could have found a legal basis on which to challenge this task force, they would have. The fact that they have not filed legal papers and that they have not received the attention of those who filed against the Hillary Clinton health care task force suggests to me that they are in fact different enough that the same concerns raised Hillary Clinton s case are not present now. There were a couple interesting things in the speech. One was the repeated use of the word diversity in the speech. Those online who want to go back an look at the speech, I would encourage you to count the number of times the president said the word diversity.
Diversity is a very soothing word in American political culture and rhetoric right now.
It almost carries a virtue all of its own. No one is opposed to diversity ethnic diversity, gender diversity and diversity in the workplace are thought of as a good thing. Who would have thought that diversity would crop up that often in a speech about diversity. But what the president I think was trying to do is suggest through the repeated use of that word, that this policy is not just about old school forms of energy like oil or natural gas, but that it does have an eye toward hydro-electric power, solar power, wind generated power and other forms of energy. And that his administration, though often times criticized as one beholden to the energy, oil and natural gas interests, that it in fact has diversified its approach.