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Report: Trump taps top ethanol lobbyist to run his Iowa campaign
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/report-trump-taps-top-ethanol-lobbyist-to-run-his-iowa-campaign/article/2594017(The Examiner is a conservative rag but Carney is a pretty decent "process" reporter and a friend of mine; caveat lector at any rate.)
Donald Trump is not a conservative, and he is a dealmaker. So it was totally unsurprising when he rallied behind the ethanol mandate, which drives up gasoline prices, grocery bills and land costs in order to subsidize a politically connected industry.
Now Iowa's top ethanol lobbyist is going to become Trump's state director, Tim Alberta reports at National Review.
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Of course, Ted Cruz, the clearest enemy of the ethanol mandate, won the Iowa caucuses with the most votes ever, revealing the ethanol lobby to lack the clout many conservative politicians had believed it had.
