by David Sassoon -
Mar 5th, 2008 
The stage today was set perfectly for the President to show global leadership on renewable energy. The State Department had convened the largest international renewable energy conference ever to take place in America -- WIREC 2008 -- right there in Washington. Illustrious panelists, hundreds of side events, a booming trade show, thousands of attendees -- all set up to hear what the President would have to say.
What did he do with the non-renewable opportunity? He pulled a Marie Antoinette. His message to the assembled multitudes was this:
Let them eat corn.
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