DeSmogBlog perspective: US polling on global warming "shockingly depressing"

From this post:

Consider the following data from Pew (January 2008) on where the U.S. public's priorities lie.

It is shockingly depressing information, but it is consistent with many other surveys: Just 35 % of the American public rates dealing with global warming, a la a bill like Lieberman-Warner, as a "top priority." That puts global warming behind Iraq, healthcare, the economy, the budget deficit, poverty, immigration, crime, and many, many other things. It puts it tied for dead last on the roster that Pew provided--tied with making Bush's tax cuts permanent, for crying out loud.