All right, that’s three blogs now (one, two, three) that have found it notable that GOP pollster Frank Luntz — he of the infamous memo — has accepted the science of global warming.

Why is this significant? He’s a pollster, a political strategist. His opinion on global warming is no more significant than, say, the thousands of scientists who have actually, you know, done original research on the subject.

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Unlike the right, the left has never gained a full appreciation for the power of disdain. Another dead-ender finally sensed the political winds shifting? Fine, he can move up to the long bus. But otherwise, so what.

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