Hey, Army! I have two pieces of news to share with you.

First, on Wednesday we met with Carol Browner who is the former EPA Commissioner under President Clinton but – more important – she is the head of the Energy Transition Team for President-elect Barack Obama.

We met with her and her team for an hour in the transition offices in Washington, DC which gave me the time to outline the Pickens Plan and answer the questions they had about it.

I’ve told you from the beginning that this was not a Republican deal or a Democratic deal. It is an American deal and I feel pretty good about the way things are moving in Washington.

I feel good the way things continue to move outside of Washington, too. Today we got the news that Idaho Governor Butch Otter has signed the Pickens Energy Independence Pledge.

That brings the number of sitting Governors who have signed the Pledge to 13. To prove my point there are seven Republicans and six Democrats. Can’t get any closer to a tie than that when you have an odd number!

The Governors who have signed are:

    Richardson (NM)
    Huntsman (UT)
    Henry (OK)
    Schweitzer (MT)
    Sebelius (KS)
    Pawlenty (MN)
    Gregoire (WA)
    Carcieri (RI)
    Perry (TX)
    Barbour (MS)
    Srtrickland (OH)
    Sandford (SC
    Otter (ID)

 

We hitched up the T. Boone Express this morning and hightailed it back from Washington, DC to Texas, stopping in Austin. The University of Texas runs a “New Members Seminar” for newly-elected members to the State House and Senate. They asked me to come by and talk about the Pickens Plan which I did.

It is important to be able to acquaint new members of the State Legislatures to the Plan because we need them to understand the benefits while they still have fresh eyes and want to know how to get things done.

Here I am just before I swung around and attacked the White Board to explain the Pickens Plan.

— Boone