Despite Solyndra, Most Republicans Still Support Alternative Fuel Subsidies

That could have been the headline of a Washington Post article reporting the results of a new poll on public support for subsidies alternative energy. The poll found that a large majority (68 percent) of those asked favored federal support for the development of alternative energy. It found that even 53 percent of Republicans supported funding for alternative energy.

These numbers are down from past polls, but this result would hardly be surprising given the attention that the media has...