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"We're the state that launched Obama, but I think in this
election we're the state that's going to sink him," proclaimed
Gov. Terry Branstad, R-Iowa, in this week's "Face the Nation"
Face to Face interview. In 2008 then-Senator Barack Obama took
almost 38 percent of voters in the Democratic caucus, besting
rivals John Edwards and Hilary Clinton both by about eight
percentage points. Obama had a long slough ahead still, but
momentum from Iowa helped catapult him into the race. He went on
to win the state in the general against John McCain.
Branstad is confident his state won't give the president a "W"
this year though. He said Iowans are "very disappointed in the
lack of leadership from Washington, D.C." and how the man who
campaigned "as a uniter... and really offered hope and change"
has only given the country "more spending and debt and gridlock."
Iowa is one of the nine battleground states where Mitt Romney
and the president are already duking it out for votes. Iowa is
also one of the states that elected a Republican governor in
2010. The 2010 midterm elections were, for the Democrats, what
the president called "a shellacking."
Branstad says that all the states that elected Republican
governors in 2010 "need a president that's in tune with us,
that's going to eliminate some of the federal tax and regulatory
burdens, some of the uncertainty."
Branstad sounds confident suggesting that a lot of the states
that elected Republican governors in 2010 might go for Romney in
2012. He thinks Gov. Scott Walker's recall election win sends
the message that "Wisconsin's in play" and it "could be won." He
says he "definitely" feels "good about Iowa. I think Michigan,
Ohio, Pennsylvania. All these states that elected Republican
governors in 2010." Those states include Florida, Wisconsin,
Ohio, Michigan and New Mexico - all potentially important states
for both candidates.
The governor also touched on the state's record in producing
alternative energy. He boasted that the state leads the nation
in both ethanol and bio-diesel production, and is second-only to
Texas in wind production (although per capita, Iowa produces
more wind energy than Texas). Branstad points to the renewable
energy standard passed in Iowa in 1983 during his first tenure
as governor and says that standard "made it possible to grow the
wind energy business, and 24 states have copied our law."
Laws like that are one of the things Branstad thinks can be done
on a state level to foster development, but he does think "the
federal government should also provide some incentives." The
corn-producing state of Iowa has been infamously defensive of
its ethanol subsidies, but the 30-year-old federal subsidy
expired in January of this year and hasn't been a huge topic of
the 2012 elections. Branstad says subsidies "shouldn't last
forever," but can be good for business.
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election we're the state that's going to sink him," proclaimed
Gov. Terry Branstad, R-Iowa, in this week's "Face the Nation"
Face to Face interview. In 2008 then-Senator Barack Obama took
almost 38 percent of voters in the Democratic caucus, besting
rivals John Edwards and Hilary Clinton both by about eight
percentage points. Obama had a long slough ahead still, but
momentum from Iowa helped catapult him into the race. He went on
to win the state in the general against John McCain.
Branstad is confident his state won't give the president a "W"
this year though. He said Iowans are "very disappointed in the
lack of leadership from Washington, D.C." and how the man who
campaigned "as a uniter... and really offered hope and change"
has only given the country "more spending and debt and gridlock."
Iowa is one of the nine battleground states where Mitt Romney
and the president are already duking it out for votes. Iowa is
also one of the states that elected a Republican governor in
2010. The 2010 midterm elections were, for the Democrats, what
the president called "a shellacking."
Branstad says that all the states that elected Republican
governors in 2010 "need a president that's in tune with us,
that's going to eliminate some of the federal tax and regulatory
burdens, some of the uncertainty."
Branstad sounds confident suggesting that a lot of the states
that elected Republican governors in 2010 might go for Romney in
2012. He thinks Gov. Scott Walker's recall election win sends
the message that "Wisconsin's in play" and it "could be won." He
says he "definitely" feels "good about Iowa. I think Michigan,
Ohio, Pennsylvania. All these states that elected Republican
governors in 2010." Those states include Florida, Wisconsin,
Ohio, Michigan and New Mexico - all potentially important states
for both candidates.
The governor also touched on the state's record in producing
alternative energy. He boasted that the state leads the nation
in both ethanol and bio-diesel production, and is second-only to
Texas in wind production (although per capita, Iowa produces
more wind energy than Texas). Branstad points to the renewable
energy standard passed in Iowa in 1983 during his first tenure
as governor and says that standard "made it possible to grow the
wind energy business, and 24 states have copied our law."
Laws like that are one of the things Branstad thinks can be done
on a state level to foster development, but he does think "the
federal government should also provide some incentives." The
corn-producing state of Iowa has been infamously defensive of
its ethanol subsidies, but the 30-year-old federal subsidy
expired in January of this year and hasn't been a huge topic of
the 2012 elections. Branstad says subsidies "shouldn't last
forever," but can be good for business.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-33683_162-57452550/iowa-gov-says-his-
state-to-sink-obama/