The Gary Null Blog

For green groups, President Barack Obama’s retreat on ozone standards is another reason to question how aggressively they want to support his reelection in 2012.

Green groups are outraged by the Obama administration's decision to withdraw strict air quality rules, and many of them now question how they can possibly support a president who bends so easily when the GOP opposition and the polluters lean environmental regulations. (Reuters) Even more bruising: The realization that they may not have much choice.

“We have no place else left to go but home,” said one official at a major environmental group, speaking on background Friday. “So the enviros come out looking weak once again because of today and we’re all screaming bloody murder.

“But you know what,” the official said. “At the end of the day, I don’t think the White House is unhappy to hear us complain.”