There's an article on Slate.com (republished on msnbc.com) that a number of conservative columnists (Charles Krauthammer, Andrew Sullivan, etc.) are pushing for a 50 cents-a-gallon gas tax. Question: I'm not familiar with the converservative/liberal nature of columnists -- I try to avoid news sources with specific political slants, and stick to reporting as much as possible (NPR, etc.). Are these guys fairly major to-the-right columnists/writers? I tend to think of Slate as not-as-objective-as-I'd-like, so I'm wondering if the author has really got a hold of something, or whether it's wishful thinking.
I think the article said that Sullivan has been _hammering away for a gas tax_ for the last several weeks. That sounds less like a "gotcha" by a liberal site, and more like Sullivan is actually in favor of a gas tax. do not know though, haven't visited his site in awhile.
Taken from Sullivan's blog: "KRAUTHAMMER ON GAS: I was only kidding when I said that "you read it here first" in mentioning Charles Krauthammer's sane endorsement of a gas tax. Both he and Gregg Easterbrook have been in support of this for a long, long time, and didn't need any prompting from yours truly. In fact, Charles was advocating this as far back as the mid-1980s, when it might have made a real difference. He was ignored then. He'll be ignored today. But he's still right."
