Sen. Graham reaches out to Tea Party - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Some grassroots conservatives are frustrated with Graham for partnering too often with President Obama and congressional Democrats. Graham was the lead Senate GOP negotiator on climate change and immigration legislation, though neither package moved forward in the Senate.
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Graham defended himself as a mainstream conservative, and expressed worry that public officials like himself were being effectively prohibited from expressing disagreement with the party.

Save Pachauri, end the IPCC « The Daily Bayonet

The man is a skeptic’s dream and the longer he stays the more the world understands what the IPCC really is; politicized, corrupt and clueless. We should think of the IPCC leader as a gift from the skeptic gods and not play out the Guardian’s fears:
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The public has lost faith in the once-respected IPCC and Pachauri is the public face of that body. Why allow the IPCC to ‘rebrand’ when skeptics have such a recognizable face to symbolize everything that is wrong with climate science. Pop up a picture of Pachauri and the first thing people think of is Climategate, not climate science.

Save Pachauri and end the IPCC. It would be best for everyone if his job simply didn’t exist rather than removing him from it early.