Obama Tries Basketball Diplomacy To Pass Cap and Tax

President Obama is desperate to round up enough votes to pass his national energy tax. The Cap-and-Trade legislation has be stalled out in the Senate since last year. President Obama is trying to spin the Gulf oil spill into an excuse to raise Americans electric bills and gasoline cost. Now, Obama wants to shoot hoops with GOP Senator Scott Brown in a bid to flip his vote. Brown is unlikely to budge.

The Hill reported:

President Barack Obama is hoping to practice a little basketball diplomacy with a crucial swing Republican in the Senate.

Obama has invited Sen. Scott Brown, a centrist Republican from Massachusetts, to shoot some hoops with him at the White House this summer.

Obama and Democratic leaders see Brown as a potential swing vote on comprehensive energy reform and jobs legislation.

“He said, ‘I’d like to have you and your daughter out to play basketball this summer,’” Brown said. “So I’m excited about that.”