In the last few days, we have seen a series of moves by potential 2016 candidates for president. A few have garnered little notice while actually being of great importance. Others have gotten much attention even though they are not likely to matter much in the future.
A good example of an overlooked bit of news came from Mitt Romney. As anyone who follows politics knows, Romney is flirting with the possibility of running once again for president. Last time, Romney proved to be a somewhat wooden candidate who lacked the ability to generate real enthusiasm from the base of the GOP. Most attention on Romney this week was focused on his meeting with Jeb Bush, another of the retread crew that has trotted out to join the race. Nothing important came from that meeting. Nevertheless, Romney did make big news when he announced that climate change is one of the biggest problems facing America in the next few years. This statement made in an event in Utah was a major flip/flop from Romney's view in 2012. At that time, Romney acknowledged that there was a warming trend on Earth, but he questioned the extent of human involvement in causing that trend. Basically, Romney wanted to see more proof of human involvement before getting the country involved in major changes to fight global warming. Now, two years later, Romney has become a believer that humans have caused the trend.
Romney's switch is an amazing one. In the last two years, there has been widespread confirmation that the computer models upon which human-caused global warming theory is based are not valid. Even the biggest proponents of the theory have been forced to admit that the models don't work. In addition, there also has been an ever lengthening pause in the warming with air temperatures around the globe pretty much where they were 18 years ago. Romney, however, has moved from questioning the cause of the long term warming trend on Earth to joining the pro global warming crowd even as the theory itself is totally undermined.
This switch is one which will not play well among Republican primary voters. More important, it is a switch which again raises all the concerns that the GOP holds with regard to governor Romney.
On the other side, there is a fair amount of hoopla being given to the announcement by Sarah Palin that she is interested in running. She won't run. Palin's time to run was in 2012, and she let that year go by without making any moves. Now she is back teasing us with her statements, but we all pretty much know the outcome already. The only ones interested work in the media. They want Palin back.
A good example of an overlooked bit of news came from Mitt Romney. As anyone who follows politics knows, Romney is flirting with the possibility of running once again for president. Last time, Romney proved to be a somewhat wooden candidate who lacked the ability to generate real enthusiasm from the base of the GOP. Most attention on Romney this week was focused on his meeting with Jeb Bush, another of the retread crew that has trotted out to join the race. Nothing important came from that meeting. Nevertheless, Romney did make big news when he announced that climate change is one of the biggest problems facing America in the next few years. This statement made in an event in Utah was a major flip/flop from Romney's view in 2012. At that time, Romney acknowledged that there was a warming trend on Earth, but he questioned the extent of human involvement in causing that trend. Basically, Romney wanted to see more proof of human involvement before getting the country involved in major changes to fight global warming. Now, two years later, Romney has become a believer that humans have caused the trend.
Romney's switch is an amazing one. In the last two years, there has been widespread confirmation that the computer models upon which human-caused global warming theory is based are not valid. Even the biggest proponents of the theory have been forced to admit that the models don't work. In addition, there also has been an ever lengthening pause in the warming with air temperatures around the globe pretty much where they were 18 years ago. Romney, however, has moved from questioning the cause of the long term warming trend on Earth to joining the pro global warming crowd even as the theory itself is totally undermined.
This switch is one which will not play well among Republican primary voters. More important, it is a switch which again raises all the concerns that the GOP holds with regard to governor Romney.
On the other side, there is a fair amount of hoopla being given to the announcement by Sarah Palin that she is interested in running. She won't run. Palin's time to run was in 2012, and she let that year go by without making any moves. Now she is back teasing us with her statements, but we all pretty much know the outcome already. The only ones interested work in the media. They want Palin back.
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