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Hi Rich, I agree with your friend on getting substantive. One area where I am surprised the McCain camp hasn’t gone is ethanol. It’s linked to both higher food prices and higher fuel prices, plays well with the reformer/anti-special interest image, McCain can honestly claim that he took the principled position despite it hurting him in the Iowa caucuses, and Obama is on the wrong side of the issue. The issue should resonate especially in the swing states of the southwest (skyrocketing tortilla prices both here and in Mexico), Michigan (fuel), and New Hampshire (dig at Iowa). Have I missed something?

ME: Plus, Iowa is already lost.