Dear Commons Community,

The Huffington Post has an article on Republican presidential candidate John Huntsman who “blasted” fellow Republican candidate Rick Perry on his stands on evolution and global warming.   Mr. Huntsman on ABC’s This Week is quoted as saying that:

“When we take a position that isn’t willing to embrace evolution, when we take a position that basically runs counter to what 98 of 100 climate scientists have said, what the National Academy of Science has said about what is causing climate change and man’s contribution to it, I think we find ourselves on the wrong side of science, and, therefore, in a losing position,”

Huntsman said he couldn’t remember a time when “we actually were willing to shun science and become a party that was antithetical to science. I’m not sure that’s good for our future and it’s not a winning formula,” according to interview excerpts released Saturday ABC. The full interview is set to air today Sunday.”

Huntsman is on target in warning that what plays to extreme elements of the Republican Party will never appeal to a majority of the electorate and especially independent voters who will likely decide the 2012 election.

Tony