'Green' is likely to be a big issue in the 2008 U.S. presidential election - largely in response to George Bush's suicidal refusal to engage with environmental issues.

The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.

Politicians usually get the blame for dragging their feet on environmental issues. And fair enough. Most of them do just that. But the blame isn't theirs alone. For politicians afraid of losing votes, a bristling media waiting to transform good green ideas into monsters is a colossal disincentive.

this now has become a major political issue in the presidential election.

If Rob Simmons can survive in the 2004 presidential election year when George Bush got 40 percent of the 2nd District vote, he can survive this year.

I want to work on environmental issues.