Obama knocks Perry on climate change

Perry, on the stump, has repeatedly questioned the consensus view among scientists that the planet is warming up and emissions from burning fossil fuels are a key reason why.

In August, Perry alleged that scientists are manipulating data to win funding, and at a debate this month he invoked Galileo in touting his climate skepticism.

Perry spokesman Mark Miner criticized Obama’s comment about the wildfires. “It’s outrageous President Obama would use the burning of 1500 homes, the worst fires in state history, as a political attack,” he said.

The Hill’s Sam Youngman reports that the president’s broader attacks on the GOP field Sunday “represent some of the most direct and combative for Obama so far as he has struck out on the campaign trail in earnest following the July debt-ceiling debate and the August break.”

Check out his story here.

This post was updated at 9:37 a.m.