Thirty-eight-thousand people, all concerned with the presidential candidates' views concerning science and the major issues facing us, created a campaign to get the candidates to answer questions concerning the top fourteen science-related issues. The importance of this story is that it offers the reader a link to Obama's specific, elaborate, detailed answers to the questions and, tellingly, the absence of any answers from McCain and his staff. Obama's impressive answers are vital ... More »

Good Q &A, I can't wait for part 2 with the McCain answers, ABC has long been one of my favorites for accurate science news.

Another special interest group at work. The author could have made this clear. Too many scientists and scientific organizations put out scare stories to encourage funding. This is done massively in the global warming area. If scientists don't want political interference they should raise private money. It comes with the territory. They are just want political support rather then scrutiny or accountability.

I rate this story low because, well, it's not a story. This shouldn't have been submitted to a news site.