We must change as many minds as possible as soon as posssible. Little time remains before irreversible environmental and biodiversity disasters.
Politicians see everything as politics.
We may pose as disinterested scientists, but a few minutes listening to Rush Limbaugh reveals the obvious. Rush, W, and those guys scientists might hope to impress laugh at us because we are disenfranchised. We do not need to embrace a party or reject a party. We do not and should not be partisan. But we should bring the full weight of whatever prestige we have to bear.