"The Washington governor believes his focus on the environment will resonate with voters. But can he persuade enough Americans to pay attention to him?"

"OLYMPIA, Wash. — What if a meteor were hurtling toward the Earth, about to kill millions and reshape life on the planet as we know it?

And what if the president, instead of doing anything to help, made it worse in just about every way, and called it a hoax (and any solutions a scam) instead of the very real, very clear disaster taking shape?

And what if all the Democrats running to beat him in the next election went on and on about how concerned they were and how it’s our most pressing problem—but none had ever done much more than talk about the problem, and for the most part only started doing that in just the past few years?"

Edward-Isaac Dovere reports for the Atlantic January 2, 2019. [2]