Nancy's taking heat in her district for this position, which seems to be about vote trading and keeping the Dem majority, unfortunately. Lesser of two evils if that saddles us with another 5 years of poor ag policy?

Here's a juicy quote from a midwest congressman, telling activists and city people not to nose around in policy that they don't understand:

"Peterson (Democrat, MN) dismissed critics outside the traditional farm belt.

" "I know people on the outside can sit and complain about this, but frankly most of those people have no clue what they're talking about," Peterson said. "Most people in the city have no concept of what's going on here." "

Gee thanks. So the policies Congress is approving that effect every aspect of how the country eats is 'none of your business' if you live in a city or outside the farm belt.

From SF Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/ ...

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