You can hear the leftist backlash already, can’t you?
“Oh, Inhofe is a shill for big oil.”
The rats are very nervous about this issue. Senator Durbin made some concessions about negative consequences of biofuel mandates this week. However, he did not advocate dropping the mandates, just some general caution about the wisdom of the mandates. Expect to hear more caution but of course no action during the election buildup. It is unfortunate that Bush and many Republicans supported the 2007 Energy Act with the ridiculous increase in biofuel mandates (along with other ridiculous mandates). Now is the time for conservatives to take a hardline against this madness.
The counter: Starve the poor. Use ethanol.