quote: I doubt that if the GOP institutionally condemned creationists and global warming doubters that the party would win back a significant number of those scientists.
And at the same time, the GOP is pretty sure that they can't institutionally condemn creationists and global warming doubters.
I don't think they need to throw them out. I think Republican leadership would accomplish as much simply by not making them a cause celebre. I think this is how, to the extent scientists are distinct from the well-educated in general, Democrats solidified their position. Play down the differences (animal rights, nuclear power) and play to the commonalities (global warming).
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In fairness, I think you would also probably find more concensus in the Democratic party about global warming than you would about either nuclear power or animal testing.
I speculate, though; I admit that I don't have numbers in my back pocket to support that.
ADD: Okay, some fairly recent numbers would appear to support part of my hypothesis, according to some fairly quick-and-dirty Googlin'.
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I would have guessed that the liberals had found majority support for animal testing but I wasn't so sure about nuke power. I was assuming that the global warming issue plus rising energy costs would have overshot the generational lineage of nuclear distrust.
If a total poll turns out minority, I guess not.
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