Here's another story about ethanol and the Senate race written by Dave Kranz of the Argus Leader. It quotes Senator Chuck Grassley (R, IA), but Grassley's key point, which he made last November before the vote, can be found here:
If you knew how hard it is to negotiate this, this is the last train to leave town. If you want good provisions for biodiesel, good provisions for ethanol, good tax incentives for conservation, that is the wave of the future for energy. But if this bill is filibustered to death, don't count on me bringing back ideal provisions on renewables. I cannot guarantee that. Nobody else can guarantee it.
Call it the Eminem Argument: Daschle had one shot. And he blew it. According to Congress Daily, he didn't even try. The new bill, if it passes the Senate, is headed for defeat in the House. That's why Grassley was making the Eminem Argument.
UPDATE: The Kranz story became, after some editing, an Associated Press story and now appears in the Miami Herald. South Dakota Politics has more thoughts on Kranz today and requests full disclosure of his background.
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