August 26, 2012 21:44
by J. Wylie Donald
When the Republican National Committee made the decision to call off Day 1 of the Republican Convention as Hurricane Isaac threatened the Gulf littoral, some thought it was an appropriate comeuppance for Republican obstruction of climate change legislation. We won't pass such judgments. Our focus here is all about addressing climate change; we leave it to others to assess the blame.
What we have noticed, however, is a rising swell of concern in the electorate about climate change, which might start to cause the Republicans some concern. To be sure, this is only anecdotal, an...
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