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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Following a town hall meeting yesterday, Mike Huckabee told supporter Bob Anderson, “It’s because of guys like you, Bob, that we’re going to win the Iowa caucuses.”
Anderson, an attorney from Newhall, Iowa, introduced the former Arkansas governor to a crowd of over 100 at Kirkwood Community College in Vinton, Iowa. He said his campaign contribution to Mike Huckabee is the first time he’s ever donated to a candidate.
Anderson is undeterred by Huckabee’s relatively lackluster fundraising during the first three quarters of the year. He pointed to Arkansas’s status as a poorer state as a potential reason for Huckabee’s financial difficulties.
Anderson said it was Huckabee’s “charisma” and “authenticity” that he found so appealing.
In this video, Anderson talks with his candidate and Mike Huckabee talks about facing the “Clinton political machine” in Arkansas.
Anderson told Huckabee, “It’s because of guys like you, we’ve still got some hope in this country.”
Video of Huckabee’s speech available below the fold.
Mike Huckabee provided a concise solution to immigration issues: “Build the fence, secure the borders, stop amnesty and sanctuary cities, stop looking the other way.”
He offered a frightening take on radical Islamic jihadism “anyone who is not a part of establishing a theocratic utopia on Earth is subjected to being annhiliated.”
But it was his rejection line to foreign oil that brought laughs and cheers from the audience: “In 10 years, we’ll tell the Saudis we need their oil about as much as we need their sand and they can keep both of them.”
He proposed a transformation of America’s energy dependence, stressing “domestically produced alternative forms of energy that are environmentally-friendly and that are self-sustaining” as an alternative to imports.
In this video, Huckabee runs down the list of issues. He followed this segment with an examination of his Fair Tax plan and later took questions from the audience.
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