Wednesday in St. Paul, a group of Republicans endorsed a plan to do away with federal rules which mandate ethanol be produced and used in America.

South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds is attending the convention: I spoke with him earlier tonight and he told me he and other Midwest governors are getting ready for a fight. "The existing administration, a Republican administration, has made it very clear that the renewable fuels standard is gonna stay there. That's been heartening to us. But we gotta stay on this and we gotta be actively involved in this campaign and we gotta be in their ear telling them you gotta have renewable fuels."