They also gave us ethanol subsidies thanks to King Corn being appeased every 4 years.
What I saw was Jeb Bush signalling that he’s going to run on the Romney strategy. He intends to run and win the primary on liberal numbers. Unfortunately the result will be the same as Romney.
It would be cheaper and infinitely less damaging if Americans were to buy 200lb/yr of Iowan corn for deer feed instead of supporting and encouraging this ethanol whorehouse.
There’s a money quote at the very end of the article:
“...Gary Kirke, a West Des Moines businessman and longtime Republican powerbroker who the Des Moines Register called “an institution in Iowa politics.” Kirke has long been supportive of Romney and even urged him personally to run a third time, according to the Register. But last week, Kirke caught wind of a comment that Romney had made in reiterating his belief that the earth is, in fact, getting warmer.
“Romney I like a lot, but he came out with saying that he believes in global warming, and I think that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen, so I’ve knocked him out,” Kirke told RealClearPolitics. “I can’t tell you the number of emails and calls I got today. Everyone’s upset about that.”
Seems he’s pulling his support - and a lot of money that will be on the table.
Why was Ted Cruz not mentioned in this article?
notice how they skillfully managed to not even mention Ted Cruz?
They are scared to death of him, and are hoping ignoring him might make him go away :)
Liberals ALWAYS telegraph who they are really afraid of.
They failed to mention Ted Cruz even once, that should tell you who they fear.
BACK TO THE SMOKEY BACK ROOM FOR A CANDIDATE! No more beauty contests!
What Iowa does do, is give underfunded candidates a shot. Setting the politics aside, Hillary had all the money in 08, but 0bama's campaign did a great job of getting grass roots money in.
The R's do it somewhat, but don't follow thru to the general. McCain came in about 5th in Iowa. Santorum won the last Iowa caucus. He is not great, but I would bet most Freepers would have preferred Rick over Mitt in the general.
Cruz is not going to get the establishment money. But he can win in Iowa if he can get a good ground game. Iowa doesn't have any super big media markets to buy. Cruz will be able to compete in Iowa. That is a good thing.