JOINING numerous members of President George W. Bush’s cabinet who are quitting for greener pastures is Spencer Abraham, head of the Department of Energy. Given the state of affairs in that department, it’s hard to blame him.
The Bush administration and its Republican allies in Congress tried and failed to agree an energy policy for the country last year. Democrats and Republicans bickered over everything, and the Department of Energy (DOE) was left to watch as partisan politics guaranteed that the world’s biggest energy consumer would have no guiding energy policy.
This year will see another attempt. But in the…
