Talk:Gang of 20

The promotional tone of this article is inappropriate
This proposal is strongly opposed by many Republicans, including John McCain, described in Sept 12's Guardian as "plan's biggest opponent." McCain and many others consider the plan too expensive. The article should contain criticisms as well as praise of the group's activity.

Furthermore, as the Minneapolis Star Tribune points out, the expansion of the group from 10 to 20 may have less to do with idealism than it has to do with tight reelection races: "Nearly every potentially vulnerable Senate Republican, from Coleman to Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and John Sununu of New Hampshire, has signed on to the legislation." In fact, their participation in this group may have much less to do with idealism than it does with a taste for political expediency of whatever flavor -- apparently all 10 Republican co-sponsors had earlier pledged their allegiance to Grover Norquist and the Americans for Tax Reform,by signing his anti-tax pledge. Norquist is not happy with their sudden about face. .

But instead of taking a balanced point of view, the article now presents the proposal as pure wonderful idealism that everyone loves. That's not what Wikipedia articles should sound like. betsythedevine (talk) 03:53, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Redirect article to "New Energy Reform Act of 2008"
The proposed legislation should be the focus here, not the list of people who sponsor it. Google News has 7084 results for "new energy reform act". For "gang of 20 energy" only 364. I added "energy" to the search terms gives a lot of unrelated items about violent gangs. betsythedevine (talk) 15:53, 14 September 2008 (UTC)