Ethanol group says Cruz softening on ethanol

With just weeks until the Iowa caucuses, presidential candidate Ted Cruz is leading the field, polling at 31%. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to a reporter while standing with supporter Court Oviatt of Logan, Iowa, after a campaign speech at the public library in Onawa, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. Cruz has been trailed this week in Iowa by America’s Renewable Future, a pro-ethanol group that’s headed by Eric Branstad, the oldest son of Republican Governor Terry Branstad, and Cruz is taking issue with their efforts. When I said we should phase it out, I said it should be a five-year phase-out.

The Santorum campaign, or whatever is left of it, rolled out a new 60-second ad in Iowa on Monday that is set to air on local cable and digital platforms in the Hawkeye state.

Cruz says his position hasn’t changed. Cruz said if refiners and the oil industry try to block market access, the ethanol industry should file an anti-trust lawsuit. Rick Santorum, who went on to win the Iowa caucus. Cruz will meet with 75 pastors at a luncheon and another group of 100 pastor at a dinner and prayer meeting. “I had a call today from a very good friend of mine, very trusted source that says: ‘You’ve got to get the facts on Ted Cruz”. In 2012, she served as press secretary for former U.S. Sen.

“I do believe there should be a gradual phase-out because there has been investment-based expectations”, Cruz told an audience in Cherokee, Iowa, on Tuesday night.

Cruz supporters seem unfazed by the wave of attacks, though they were topics of conversation as Cruz mingled with crowds.

That’s plausible. It explains Carson; and even though Cruz is a senator, he has been a bomb-thrower, so he gets a pass. Me: I can see that with Cruz, less so with Carson, at least most days. By Saturday, Cruz will have gotten significantly closer to fulfilling his promise to visit all 99 counties in Iowa, leaving roughly a couple dozen to check off his list when he returns to the state later this month.