It's a consensus: Republican and Democratic candidates for Robert Byrd's seat oppose cap and tax

RealClearPolitics - Raese to Bank on Cap and Trade Against Manchin

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Republican Senate nominee John Raese is hoping that concerns over Democratic cap and trade proposals will help propel him to a surprising victory in the special election to fill the late West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd's seat.
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"We call it cap and trade Manchin-style," Raese said. "Do the people of West Virginia trust a governor in the state of West Virginia who has already implemented cap and trade here in West Virginia? They're a little concerned about sending him to Washington right now."
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Manchin said that he would not support a cap and trade bill at the national level and has "gone toe to toe" with President Obama on the issue, even as Raese has worked relentlessly to portray the two Democrats as kindred spirits politically.
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Turning back to the coal industry, Raese said that he had "zero" belief in the idea that human activity was contributing to climate change.

"The oceans that surround the world produce 185 billion tons of CO2 per annum. Man per annum only produces six billion tons, so what could possibly be the concern?" Raese said. "One volcano puts out more toxic gases-one volcano-than man makes in a whole year. And when you look at this ‘climate change,' and when you look at the regular climate change that we all have in the world, we have warm and we have cooling spells."

Manchin was more ambivalent about what he described the "scientific discord" on climate change but was adamant that his policies had not cost the state any jobs.