Obama -- not "science first" as he claimed

Obama's campaign promise was "science first" in a thinly veiled dig at his predecessor's consideration of religious communities. But now that he is in power, we begin to see evidence that his policies are politics over science. Progressives routinely characterize themselves as environmentalists as compared with conservatives supposed pro-oil, pro-war, anti-environment positions. But it seems clear that the Democrats in power are now pro-political power at the expense of anything else -- whether the environment or the economy.

Note what the Obama administration has done against plans for sustainable fish populations in the North Atlantic.