Massachusetts to Obama: 'No, You Can't!' - Larry Elder

The Democrats misread the country's mood. They misunderstood why they won in '08. They thought that Obama's election and their gains in Congress meant not just receptiveness, but an eagerness to embrace a New Enlightenment. They believed that people really want to tax "the rich," to redistribute wealth, to punish success.

So Obama set sail to grow government -- to use tax dollars to create "green jobs," to tackle "climate change" with onerous regulations on businesses.

Senate 2010: More Shocks on the Way - Rasmussen Reports™

In fact, it is likely that the Republicans will gain at least 3 to 5 Senate seats in November. Even more startling, in the aftermath of the Massachusetts special election, Republicans would do even better IF the general election were being held today. The Crystal Ball projects that the Democratic majority in the Senate would be reduced to just 52 seats if November’s contests were somehow moved to January.

Climate of suspicion : Article : Nature

With climate-change sceptics waiting to pounce on any scientific uncertainties, researchers need a sophisticated strategy for communication.
...
The small coterie of individuals who deny humanity's influence on climate will try to use any perceived flaw in the evidence to discredit the entire picture. So how can researchers honestly describe the uncertainty in their work without it being misconstrued?

The e-mails leaked [A reader writes: Is this the first time a generally supportive publication has referred to the emails as being 'leaked' rather than 'hacked' or 'stolen'??? First time I've noticed that word in a report from a warmist publication.] last year from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, UK, painted a picture of scientists grappling with this question, sometimes awkwardly.
...
The climate-research community would thus do well to use a diverse set of voices, from different backgrounds, when communicating with policy-makers and the public. And scientists should be careful not to disparage those on the other side of a debate: a respectful tone makes it easier for people to change their minds if they share something in common with that other side.

As comforting as it may be to think that the best evidence will eventually convince the public on its own, climate scientists can no longer afford to make that naive assumption: people consider many factors beyond facts when making decisions. Even as climate science advances, it will be just as important to invest in research on how best to communicate environmental risks. Otherwise scientific knowledge will not have the role that it should in the shaping of public policy.

U.N. Panel Relied on Fraudulent Temperature Data - by James M. Taylor - Environment & Climate News

Researchers at the heart of the Climategate scandal tampered with Russian temperature data to assert far more warming in recent years than actually has occurred, according to the Russian Institute for Economic Analysis.