Michael Barone reports that opinion polls show increased skepticism for global warming. Why?

To what do I attribute this decline in belief in global warming? One factor may be the weather, not just this year but over the past decade; it has gotten a little cooler, contrary to the predictions of the computer models of global warming alarmists. More important, I think, is that the election of Obama and a Congress with larger Democratic majorities has raised the real-world possibility of legislation that could inflict serious damage on our economy in order to avert a danger predicted by global warming alarmists’ computer models for the far distant future. It's one thing to accept a line peddled by most of mainstream media when it's not likely to cost you anything. It's another thing when it looks like it might cost something. The prospect of hanging, as Dr. Johnson said, tends to concentrate the mind.

Barone does not believe Congress will pass any global warming legislation this year.