Saw this headline in the Winston-Salem Journal:

Obama climate rules can’t wait until after election

OK, thought it was a Journal editorial so I decided to check it out. Instead it’s an Associated Press story without a byline, which tells me it’s supposedly a straight news story. But read on:

Within weeks, President Barack Obama’s administration is set to unveil unprecedented emissions limits on power plants across the U.S., much to the dismay of many Democratic candidates who are running for election in energy-producing states. Fearful of a political backlash, they wish their fellow Democrat in the White House would hold off until after the voting.

But Obama can’t wait that long.

Unlike the Keystone XL oil pipeline, whose review the administration has delayed, probably until after November’s elections, the clock is ticking for the power plant rules — the cornerstone of Obama’s campaign to curb climate change. Unless he starts now, the rules won’t be in place before he leaves office, making it easier for his successor to stop them.

….Meanwhile, conservative groups are ready to attack. The American Energy Alliance, which has spent more than $1 million on television criticizing Obama’s energy policies and candidates who support them, said it’s more than likely the emissions rules will wind up in the group’s ads this year.

Yes I know Walter Cronkite was an old Unipresser, but he still must be turning in his grave right now.