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Cruz victory in Iowa threatens ethanol's power
Politico ^ | January 28, 2016 | ALEX GUILLÉN

Posted on 01/28/2016 10:18:49 AM PST by GodGunsGuts

For election after election, contenders for the White House knew one thing they had to do to win Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential caucus: pay homage to the state's corn ethanol industry.

But a potential victory next week by Ted Cruz is threatening to explode that script...

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; energy; ethanol; trump
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Ted Cruz 2016!
1 posted on 01/28/2016 10:18:49 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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Trump calls for even higher ethanol mandate!

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/266339-trump-calls-for-higher-ethanol-mandate


2 posted on 01/28/2016 10:19:57 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

We love ethanol, its great its great.
We love Putin, he’s great he’s great.
We love single payer in Cruz country, its great its great.
And that gumbah Terry McAuliffe? We love him too, he’s great he’s great.


3 posted on 01/28/2016 10:22:19 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: GodGunsGuts

As long as Chuck Grassley is breathing, it will never happen.


4 posted on 01/28/2016 10:23:03 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Get the CDS and TDS Vaccines before it's too late.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Which is one of many reasons Cruz will lose Iowa.


5 posted on 01/28/2016 10:25:04 AM PST by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first ande then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: bigbob

Which is one of many reasons Cruz will lose Iowa.


One of MANY reasons.


6 posted on 01/28/2016 10:25:54 AM PST by samtheman (Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
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To: bigbob

Nope...he’s gonna wipe the floor with Trump. Polls showing Trump ahead require a massively historic Iowa caucus turnout for Donald Trump. He doesn’t have the ground game for it...not gonna to happen.


7 posted on 01/28/2016 10:32:05 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

Cruz is against ALL government subsidies and bailouts.
Character is not important anymore.


8 posted on 01/28/2016 10:33:39 AM PST by libbylu (Cruz: The truth with a smile.)
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To: libbylu

I think a lot of FReepers will snap out of their spell when Cruz defeats Trump in Iowa.


9 posted on 01/28/2016 10:39:13 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: GodGunsGuts

I certainly hope so.


10 posted on 01/28/2016 10:41:49 AM PST by Outlaw76 (Citizens on the Bounce!)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Ethanol ruins your engine, is less cost efficient and has cause corn to go ridiculously high. I have a cousin who is a farmer in Iowa who laughs at how the politicans kiss they boots with ethanol to get a vote. They even get money not to grow anything. That’s our government at work. Waste, vote buying and subsidies. Very few will stand up to this corruption.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2919585/posts


11 posted on 01/28/2016 10:57:18 AM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Nope, they’ll discount it to people who cling to guns or religion.


12 posted on 01/28/2016 10:59:04 AM PST by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Support among white evangelical voters Trump UP/Cruz down

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-maintain-national-leads-poll-n504131

Trump 37% (+5)
Cruz 20% (-9)

These results are according to the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking poll conducted online from January 18, 2016 through January 24, 2016 among a national sample of 9,690 adults aged 18 and over, including 8,215 who say they are registered to vote.


13 posted on 01/28/2016 11:00:15 AM PST by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: jwalsh07

I am disappointed in you disparaging Trump like that. His vocabulary is twice as large as you give him credit for. He says “terrific” quite a bit, too.


14 posted on 01/28/2016 11:01:10 AM PST by FerociousRabbit
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To: samtheman

Trump voters will jump off a bridge if he says to. Changed your tune, huh?


To: LD Jackson
a mandate from the all-powerful Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They are now requiring 37% of all corn grown in America to be used for ethanol.
How do you spell dictatorship: E - P - A
How do you strengthen dictatorship: Re-elect Barack Obama President of the United States

2 posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:57:04 AM CDT by samtheman (Obama. Mugabe. Chavez. (Obamugavez))
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15 posted on 01/28/2016 11:02:36 AM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Please describe what you call a ground game.


16 posted on 01/28/2016 11:32:54 AM PST by Suz in AZ
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To: Suz in AZ

The contrast is as stark as it can be:

http://theresurgent.com/trumps-lead-in-iowa-is-based-on-a-miracle/


17 posted on 01/28/2016 11:37:35 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: Linda Frances

Ouch!


18 posted on 01/28/2016 12:07:41 PM PST by jwalsh07
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To: GodGunsGuts

That would be a good thing.

Whoever your candidate is, it’s time we ended the ethanol mandate and subsidy.


19 posted on 01/28/2016 12:11:14 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Linda Frances

Of course — it’s the cult of personality. His candidate told him the subsidy needs to be doubled — so it does, and if you think that it needs to be eliminated, well, you’re just not a real conservative.

Especially if you think crazy things like that the EPA might be a dictatorship.


20 posted on 01/28/2016 12:14:02 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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