POLITICS BUZZ: Although he doesn’t take their cash, Obama is surrounding himself with ethanol backers and has flown on jets subsidized by Archer Daniels Midland, the largest domestic producer. In the U.S., ethanol comes from corn, and corn comes from Iowa, Obama’s first caucus win. Did he ride Big Corn to a Democratic victory?

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The Best Links:

1. He Surrounds Himself With Ethanol Promoters and Manufacturers
2. Ethanol Now a “Skeleton in the Closet”
3. “… substituting ethanol for gasoline consumes more energy than it creates.”
4. “In Illinois we’ve got some corn too.”
5. “Look, I’ve been a strong ethanol supporter because Illinois … is a major corn producer.”
6. Obama’s Official Line on Biofuels: 2 Billion Gallons by 2013
7. For Ethanol From the Start
8. An Ethanol Roundup
9. Obama and Ethanol IM Eachother