Seems special-interest endorsements aren't such a clear-cut issue. All the presidential candidates support getting America onto some alternative fuel (at least publicly, anyway), and thus you're gonna have to support those alternative fuels. I think there's a big difference between special interests like oil and pharmaceutical, who only help influence policy for themselves, and the endorsement of interests that the public is demanding and wants. No matter who you get for president, any and all of them will endorse alternative fuel companies. That's not really the same SI debate, it's necessity.



Corn is a stupid way to go though. It's not a renewable resource, it'll increase already too-high food prices, and it can't possibly meet the nations energy needs; not by a long shot. America is just setting itself up for yet another fuel shortage crisis down the road.
Gandalf_The_Grey Reviewed by Gandalf_The_Grey on . Obama Camp Closely Linked With Ethanol When VeraSun Energy inaugurated a new ethanol processing plant last summer in Charles City, Iowa, some of that industry??s most prominent boosters showed up. Leaders of the National Corn Growers Association and the Renewable Fuels Association, for instance, came to help cut the ribbon ?? and so did Senator Barack Obama. Then running far behind Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in name recognition and in the polls, Mr. Obama was in the midst of a campaign swing through the state where he would Rating: 5