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Originally Posted by tisonlyi
Yeah, I take that on board, but afaik he's only a few points up... I reckoned, rightly or wrongly, that a good few points would be lost in the booth to a touch of secret racism... Just wondered what someone who is, perhaps, a bit of an insider? would consider as the amount of points you lose in the midwest for sticking it to their economy...
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Just about all the Democrats around here (Wisconsin) are pro-ethanol. I guess they think it's win-win: look pro-farmer and alt fuel/green. I think the assumptions behind this are flawed. For one, even in these states the number of farmers is small and shrinking. Concentration of capital has given us large corporate farms with underpaid undocumented workers. And from the other side, ethanol is at best faux-green.
In any event, Obama has substantial leads in many of these states. The last poll from Wisconsin has Obama up by 17% and McCain has given up (no adverts after Tuesday). Michigan, Iowa, Illinois are similarly hopeless. I suppose being against ethanol might hurt McC in ND. It won't matter too much in Indiana. In sum, i don't think McCain had much to lose by coming out against it.