History on the Run is a blog dedicated to the past's impact on today. History, foreign policy, economics, and more will be blended up weekly for a spin on today's events or a simply rethinking of our common past. Beyond that this is the blog of the podcast and here can be found the scripts from the shows. The blog will probably be more political than the podcast and will not focus so much on the historical narrative.

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Monday, February 1, 2016

Cruz and Ethanol

I'm continuing to think about the party system in the USA and this article in particular. It came up in my mind again as I was thinking about Ted Cruz and the Iowa Caucuses, and his failure in part due to an inability to be pro-ethanol. I honestly admire the position, but it is insane to run for President in the USA while being anti-ethanol. You shoot yourself in the foot when you do that, which can really hurt your momentum. Both parties, to a certain extent are quite regional. Lindsey Graham fought for the Export Import Bank not for ideology, but rather because Boeing had factories in his state. Are Republicans really just ideological and not interested in interest group politics? We'll see in Iowa today.
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