Romney now a Windbagger. In Iowa, that is an Issue

[greenman3610]

http://climatecrocks.com/2012/08/04/romney-now-a-windbagger-in-battleground-iowa-thats-a-problem/


Mitt Romney hasn’t made his position clear on a lot of things, but he’s come out quite strongly now as an enemy of renewable energy and wind power in particular.

In Iowa, more than 20 percent powered by wind – with over 80 percent approval by the people that know this energy best – being a Windbagger may not be good politics.


Speaking of Romney’s stand, Iowa’s Republican Governor Terry Branstad told Radio Iowa that the Mittster’s campaign was being shaped by a bunch of folks that “need to get out here in the real world and find out what’s really going on.”
In the real world, 7000 Iowa jobs are in wind energy. Even ultra-right wing tea party nut job Steve King told the Wall Street Journal - “We need to win Iowa this time. President Obama thinks it’s a must-win state for him, and I think it’s a can-win state for Mitt Romney, but this wind piece.…”

He faded off without finishing the sentence — unsure what Romney’s stance on wind will do to the candidate’s political prospects. The Journal also reported on a new poll that shows “More than half of voters (57%), including 41% of Republicans and 59% of Independents, would be less likely to vote for a candidate for President if that candidate did not support expanding American wind power generation.”

[annabanana]

1. chortle... Iowa a swing state?. . . n/t

[Junkdrawer]

2. You are one of my heroes, greenman3610...

Has Obama recanted the Clean Coal thing yet?

So little time...

So much to do going forward....

So much energy and time WASTED on rear guard actions.

[Populist_Prole]

3. Conservative ideologues like to hear this kind of stuff unfortunately

I have a conservative friend from that state and he's so ferociously anti-labor he actively hopes a large manufacturing facility in his city closes down.