Quote:It's interesting to me. Obviously, democrats in power are generally completely ineffectual across the board and are basically political waifs floating ideas but never doing anything.


Republicans in power on the other hand have generally had a more cohesive (albeit evil) message. You know where they stand on issues and how stupidly stubborn they can be.


In regards to this particular dilemma, the dems certainly recognize the problem, think something ought to be done about it, but they, in fact, do nothing, like always, and nobody bats an eye.


It's much more telling looking at how republicans are attacking the issue: deny, deny, deny.


That tells me that this is a problem without a solution. Obviously, the intelligent core of the republican apparatus doesn't discount science. They know what the numbers mean. But yet we are still in denial mode.


I think the republicans have a very cynical (realistic?) take on how this will all play out, especially on a global, political level. Consequently, the idea is if they don't acknowledge the problem, they don't have to deal with it.