McCain's ethanol position should hurt him in 5 battleground states ... link

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McCain said at the last debate that he would cut funding for ethanol as a specific way to cut spending. Looking at the top 10 list of ethanol states, both Indiana and Ohio are on it, and they are both in the top 5 states where new ethanol plants are being built. In fact, all 5 of the top ethanol growth states are in play (partially in the case of Nebraska):

Ethanol plants under construction/expansion
1. Iowa--840
2. Nebraska—760
3. Indiana—411
4. Ohio—384
5. Minnesota—328

http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=2818

McCain has also said he will cut NASA spending, and Obama is running radio ads in Florida hitting him for that. McCain has said he will freeze federal spending and that will most definitely hurt him in Northern Virginia.

Regardless of the policy merits of these proposals, they are all terrible politics and open McCain up to some highly targetted attacks by Obama.