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1. So, the CNN Climate forum was, on the whole, a very hopeful event: 7 hour marathon with candidates seriously discussing issue, offering competing plans, and putting it on the forefront of USA politics. Very welcome.
2. But there's a dog that didn't bark in Climate forum: GOP. Sure, Trump is a denier. But beyond Trump is there any GOP candidate, even ones who admit climate is problem, who are willing to foreground it as a policy concern?
3. Part of the asymmetry of USA politics is that all serious climate debate can only take place inside one of the 2 major parties. In other words, the full spectrum of climate solutions is only on Dem side.
4. Because only the Dems talk about climate seriously, there's a lot of pressure on them to advocate the policies that GOP would normally do if they weren't in denial: nuclear, tech solutions. Very similar dynamic to health care debate.
5. Some thoughts on how GOP denialism has a distorting effect on climate debate: thenation.com/article/climat…
