The strange politics of kingmakers in corn ethanol country

minnpost.com

Delegates to the political conventions in Denver this week and St. Paul next week will have much in common each time they switch on an electric light or power up the laptop: The electricity will be generated by wind and solar power, and provided by Xcel Energy.

But the two men who will head the Democratic and Republican tickets have sharply differing views on another energy source, one whose farmer-producers could hold sway in the Midwest in the November elections.

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