WASHINGTON — Looking for a political and policy victory, President Barack Obama on Wednesday pushed energy proposals designed to attract allies and opponents alike, calling for increased ethanol production and new technology to limit pollution from the use of coal. Facing a Senate with a newly energized Republican minority, Obama has begun tailoring his energy policy to GOP-supported ideas, starting in his State of the Union address last week with calls for offshore oil drilling opposed by environmentalists and a bigger role for nuclear power. The first-term president – politically weakened by the loss of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s seat to Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown – also has begun promoting his energy policy as a job-creating boost to the economy. ‘Now, there’s no reason that we shouldn’t be able to work together in a bipartisan way to get this done,’ Obama said during a bipartisan meeting with governors in the White House’s State Dining Room. ‘It’s good for our national security and reducing our dependence on foreign oil. It’s good for our economy, because it will produce jobs.’ He spoke as the White House released presidential task force recommendations calling on both Washington and […]