Grasping Reality on TypePad, by Brad DeLong

…along comes Rick Santorum.

Brad Johnson:

Conspiracy Theorist Sweeps Tuesday's GOP Presidential Battles: Conspiracy theorist Rick Santorum swept Tuesday’s Republican presidential battles, winning the sparsely attended Colorado and Minnesota caucuses and non-binding Missouri primary on a platform anchored by his denial of global warming. “I for one never bought the hoax,” Santorum said at the Colorado Energy Summit on Monday, claiming that climate change is “an absolute travesty of scientific research that was motivated by those who, in my opinion, saw this as an opportunity to create a panic and a crisis for government to be able to step in and even more greatly control your life.”