Taking a page from their own '94 Republican Revolution playbook, Republicans are once again taking over left-leaning issues - and climate change is no exception. 

"Once a talking point reserved for Democrats, global warming is slowly heating up in Republican presidential campaigns amid a growing push to highlight the issue in early primary states…[a]mong Republican voters nationwide, global warming ranks as their 19th-most-important policy issue, with 23 percent listing it as "very important," according to a Pew Research Center survey taken last year." 

Pioneer Press, 3/24/2007.  http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/