On Oct. 14, 2008, Rahm Emanuel (D-5, IL) who is the model for Bradley Whitford‘s character Josh Lyman, in The West Wing TV series, sheepishly acknowledged that he was an unlikely person to introduce T. Boone Pickens. But for Emmanuel, the “game changer” is natural gas.
T. Boone Pickens waits to be introduced by Rep. Rahm Emanuel
©2008 Barbara Iverson
He used the hockey term “hat trick” to describe the role of natural gas in the politics of energy, “good for the environment, good for the economy, and good for policy.” Emanuel noted that he sponsored energy legislation which touched on issues in the Pickens Plan, which was passed in the House of Representatives, but failed in the Senate.
T. Boone Pickens is a polished and likeable speaker who retains enough twang of Texas accent to relax an audience,
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