One would hope that would narrow the field some …

… but, no doubt, it won’t.  Republican candidates indicate if they don’t believe in evolution.

In the “don’t” column (right there, raising their hands on national TV and everything):  Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee.  Bzzt … time to vote them off the island.

Though I’ll note two things:

1. The question was actually, initially, addressed to John McCain.  McCain hesitates.  Did it take him a moment to puzzle out the question (as in “Why the hell would anyone ask something as self-obvious as asking if I believe in gravity?”) or did it take him a moment to puzzle out what the political implications were of answering one way or the other?  At any rate, props to him for giving an answer in the affirmative (which should, again, be self-evident, but, sadly, no doubt cost him some votes).
2. I would have been more interested in seeing folks affirm in the positive.  In a sane world, answering in the negative (as was asked) would be forcing people to commit themselves to a truly goofy position.  Alas, in this day, taking a stand that you are a believer in evolution has become a more courageous and risky proposition.

(via J-Walk, who has a new campaign poster)