[delecti]

I don't think they lack the political will, they just realize that paying lip service to the coal communities keeps them as their constituents, rather than letting those people come to the realization that their needs would be much better served by the other guys.

[hjdivad]

Isn't this point exactly what is meant by saying that they lack the political will?

[delecti]

I see "political will" more as the motivation to actually do things. I don't see the GOP really doing anything on the front of advancing coal, they just say they're in the coal communities' corners. In that sense, being honest or not on the subject isn't an issue of political will.