Coal Makes The Latest GOP Debate...Barely

As best I can tell from the online transcript of Tuesday's Republican presidential debate in Dearborn, only one of the nine candidates mentioned coal even though several answered a question about U.S. energy policy.

"We face serious competitive challenges globally unless we become serious with our getting prices of energy down," former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said.

"It's a great opportunity for America to develop technology to lead the world in energy efficiency as well as energy production," Romney continued. "And whether it's nuclear or liquefied coal, where we sequester the CO2, far more fuel-efficient automobiles -- by the way, where bureaucrats don't write the rules, but where business people come together and say, "Let's find a way to make sure that the American, the domestic industry can thrive."