Spotless sun makes history -- could it counteract global warming?

The sun has reached a milestone not seen for nearly 100 years: an entire month has passed without a single visible sunspot being noted... sort of. (Depending on how you score it, there might have been a blip in August.)
Anyway, some scientists believe an ultra-quiet sun could have affects on our planet's climate -- enough to where it might counterbalance the effects of additional greenhouse gases?
Read the full article at www.dailytech.com
Update to Story:
Spaceweather.com has posted a bit of a rebuttal to the story linked above: