Over on the Corner, Kathryn has some interesting findings from a new study from the National Center for Public Policy Research showing that most African Americans are opposed to the Obama Energy Tax because of its the potential negative economic impact.

Good to see that a key Democratic constituency is starting to see that Obama’s pledge not to raise taxes for 95 percent of Americans (“not a single dime”) would be abrogated by Waxman-Markey (as it already has been for smokers). Because, as it turns out, somewhat more than 5 percent of Americans consume energy.

Some key findings from the NCPPR study:

* 76 percent of African American adults believe that securing America’s economic recovery should be the top priority, even if it means delaying action in climate change.
* 56 percent of African American adults think our federal and state policy makers fail to adequately take into account economic and quality of life concerns when considering new anti-global warming laws.
* Only 15 percent of survey respondents said they would be willing to pay one dollar more for gasoline due to greenhouse gas legislation. The numbers dropped to 5, 3, and 4 percent if gas prices increased by two, three or four dollars a gallon.
* Only 11 percent of survey respondents said they would be willing to pay one hundred dollars more a year for electricity in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The numbers dropped to 6, 4 and 1 percent when respondents were asked if they would be willing to pay an extra two hundred, three hundred, or six hundred dollars a year for electricity.

Recall earlier polling on how cap-and-trade support among Democrats faded once the costs became known.