Barnstorming Iowa, Richardson Talks Farm PolicyPost

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is in the midst of an Iowa barnstorm, visiting 95 of Iowa’s 99 counties. He seems to have something for everyone: a pro-gun westerner that woos rural Iowans with his farm policies and urban Iowans with his Iraq withdrawal plan, writes the Washington Post’s The Trail blog. Richardson told the blog that he believes Iowa Democrats are fickle, so you have to work the campaign until the last day.

The Wall Street Journal noted that Richardson continues to try to moderate the mudslinging between the frontrunners, Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama. “Let’s keep the mud where it belongs,” he told an Iowa audience as he began explaining his farm policy. Richardson’s farm plan is meant to increase competition for farmers’ products. “I’m going to put a hard cap of $250,000 on direct subsidy payments to farmers and close loopholes. There needs to be full funding and expansion of conservation programs to reduce soil erosion for cleaner water,” he added.”*

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