fred,

I didn’t intend to start an argument about climate change. I myself don’t have a strong opinion about the subject.

My point — and Kotkin’s point — is that this is a major issue for young voters and for what Kotkin calls the “creative class” — and that the Republicans need to address the issue better.

In your comment, fred, you make an argument about the issue. Do you really feel that McCain made such an argument? Or do you recognize that McCain more or less avoided engaging in such arguments?

We Republicans have to argue coherently and convincingly about the arguments that concern the voters the most. That is what I am trying to say; I am not trying to say who is right about this climate issue.