Word: ethanol
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Republican has presented a more sensible approach to reforming the military. No Republican has been more willing to speak out against the party's corporate benefactors in the tobacco industry. No other candidate--of either party--has had the audacity to go to Iowa and rightly speak out against ethanol subsidies...
...competitor on a national scale, Arizona senator John R. McCain, has largely ignored the caucus, and has been relegated to the third tier of candidates along with Alan L. Keyes '72 and Gary Bauer, who have four percent of voters' support between them. McCain's decision not to support ethanol subsidies, which Iowa farmers rely on, has made him unpopular in the state, though the candidate claims the subsidy is unnecessarily protectionist. Bypassing Iowa has allowed McCain to spend his time and money in New Hampshire, where most polls show him tied with Bush...
...point out Bradley's contradictions: he spent $2 million on his polling operation in his 1990 Senate race--an early attempt at Clinton-style values polling--yet claims to hate poll-driven politics. He calls himself a crusader against corporate tax loopholes, yet came out in support of ethanol subsidies that chiefly benefit one conglomerate, Archer Daniels Midland, because he wants to curry favor with Iowa farmers. "What's fatal," says a Gore strategist, "is holding yourself up as superior...
...Forbes 60 points to 10. For Forbes it's do-or-die; if he doesn't pull an upset, he's not going much further. He's spent millions here and organized every county, field and barn. McCain isn't even campaigning, and has denounced the state's beloved ethanol subsidies, yet he's gained ground on Forbes. All Bauer and Keyes have to do to finish well is come in third...