Now that all anyone talks about is Social Security, it’s easy to forget that just a few short days ago we were debating and exploring Rick Perry’s extreme climate change skepticism.
Remember when Chris Matthews said Perry’s “anti-science” rhetoric would be his undoing? That was five days ago.
With the CNN/Tea Party Express debate just hours away, the League of Conservation Voters is trying to make sure the climate change stuff doesn’t get lost in all the Social Security chatter.
The debate isn’t just about Perry’s views, the League’s Navin Nayak said in a statement. Mitt Romney tweaked his stance on climate change after Perry got in, and Nayak seems to worry that he might keep moving right and reject climate science all together:
Last week, Rick Perry’s anti-science position on climate change led pundits to describe him as ‘unsteady,’ ‘badly fumbling’ and ‘dangerously in over his head.’ Jon Huntsman, on the other hand, embraced the scientific consensus on climate change. With Mitt Romney now slipping in the polls, the question for tonight’s debate is whether he will make a play for the extreme, anti-science wing of the Republican Party, or will he acknowledge that 97% of scientists, two-thirds of Americans and the Pentagon agree that climate change is real, serious and requires a solution.
“Romney’s stance on climate change has been so unpredictable that it would seem his responses are decided by the flip of a coin,” Nayak added. “We’re thrilled that Monday night football is back but think the coin tossing tonight should be left to the professional athletes rather than the presidential candidates.”
