Romney Regresses On Climate

[Valin]

Power Line:

John Hinderaker

January 24, 2015

 

Mitt Romney is never a dollar short, but he is often a day or more late. This week, he showed that he has not been keeping up with developments in climate science:

 

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So Romney had something closer to the right idea in 2012, and is now regressing on the issue, consistent with his overall strategy of sounding more like a liberal. Just what Republican primary voters are looking for!

 

 

Romney said Wednesday night that federal leaders have failed to enact global agreements needed to tackle the problem.

 

 

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This whole episode is typical of Romney’s tin ear. The last thing we need in a presidential nominee is someone who will try to prop up the scientifically discredited, but lavishly funded, effort to grab more power for government in the guise of fighting “climate change.” If the Democrats want to nominate such a candidate, fine: increasing government’s power over our lives is their core agenda. But Republican voters have no intention of joining in that charade.

[Cyber_Liberty]

It only looks like cognitive dissonance because Mitt claims to be a "conservative." When one decides he is not, but just merely mouthing the words he thinks we want to hear, then there's nothing odd about it at all. He's all for the power grabs the Democrats want, he just wants to be the one pushing and pulling on the levers of that power.