WASHINGTON, DC — “Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama both face an inconvenient truth in the battle for coal country’s votes: Pollution from coal-burning power plants makes people sick and even contributes to early deaths.
But both White House contenders are trying to distance themselves from pesky, years-old YouTube videos in which they — or, in Obama’s case, his vice president — expressed that simple fact.
Instead, each is trying to portray himself as a champion of coal, and wielding the recordings as weapons in coal-reliant battleground states like Ohio.”
— Andrew Restuccia, Politico
