Update: The GOP has indeed taken over the House this past election day, and a number of Republican lawmakers vying to take over relevant commitees are vowing to continue to investigate Climategate and waste the time and resources of taxpayers. In addition to Issa, other potential committee leaders in the House have been added to this petition, including Reps. Joe Barton, Fred Upton, and John Shimkus, who are all vying to lead the House Energy and Commerce Comittee.

Talk about skewed priorities: If the GOP takes over the House this November, California Rep. Darrell Issa—who would take over leadership of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee—has vowed he will make investigating Climategate Number 1 on his agenda.  

Republicans have been throwing a hissy fit over the leaked Climategate e-mails ever since they were uncovered nearly a year ago. But the trumped-up scandal has already been thoroughly debunked (over and over and over again, by groups including the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, Science Assessment Panel and Penn State University). 

It’s unfathomable that the man potentially leading the oversight committee would consider an investigation into the personal e-mails of scientists more important that keeping watch over further financial ruin, political corruption, or any number of other issues our country faces.

Tell Issa to move on already. Because if he doesn't, and the Democrats lose the House majority come fall, our country will suffer because of it.