date:May 11, 2012
At least thats the view of Senator Tom Harkin, who like Lugar, is a past chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Harkin, noting that Mourdock takes a dim view of compromise with Democrats, told reporters Thursday that his approach is not one thats going to be helpful to ethanol.
Harkin has his own perspective, of course, both as a Democrat and as one of Iowas two senators from both parties who have a long history of supporting the corn-based industry.
In the past, Lugar co-sponsored