Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is pounding away at rival Rick Perry's skepticism of manmade global warming and criticism of the nation's central banker, saying those stands hurt the GOP and make the Texas governor come off as a not so serious national figure. Huntsman, a former Utah governor who was President Barack Obama's first ambassador to China, has trailed in early polls nationally and in early voting states, leading his campaign to pledge more aggressive attacks on the top candidates. Perry, who entered the race last weekend and has surged to a prominent role, has provided Huntsman with an ample opening to take shots. Perry said in New Hampshire this past week that he didn't believe in manmade global warming, branding it an unproven scientific theory. He also defended the teaching of creationism in schools because evolution "has some gaps to it." Huntsman responded in a tweet, saying "To be clear, I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy." "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 told ABC's "This Week." Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...k-perry-bernanke-climate-change_n_932263.html
Re: Jon Huntsman Blasts Rick Perry Over Evolution, Climate Change, Ben Bernanke Comme Huntsman is trying to attack Perry because he is making headway in NH and SC which are two states Huntsman needs to do well in if he has any chance of making it to Super Tuesday. Perry is a new candidate but needs to work on his image a little in my opinion. He can't shoot off the cuff like that if he opes to appeal to moderate republicans.
