About ethanol in Iowa. Will Wilkinson claps:
David Frum asks whether Mr Pawlenty's brave experiment in truth-telling is a "good way to manage expectations if he comes second or third or worse in Iowa, where Pawlenty is currently polling in single digits?" If he's going to lose Iowa anyway, Mr Frum suggests Mr Pawlenty may be "smart to blow them off and score integrity points for later." In any case, it's good to hear the truth for once, never mind the motivation.
Larison, on the other hand, quips that the "time to be politically courageous was before now when Pawlenty was still in office."
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