One of the scariest part of any Presidential campaign is the candidates' willingness to pander to her own side. To the credit of both Barack and Hillary they have been pretty good abut NOT adopting leftish POV that woould hurt theie ability to govern. For example, both have been careful as they wlaked out oin the thin ice of Iraq to spread some 2X4s thay can use to drag themselves back shouold a percioitous withdrawl porove as dangeorus as seems likely.
NAFTA may be the Devil's temptation that breaks the will of Jesus. Both have come close to out and out opposingit even though I would be flabbergasted in either one ctualy thinks NAFTA has not been good for the country and that it is not essential for our future well beinh.
Obama's posiiton is especially relevant as it looks as oif he will win on the baiss of the promises of leadership and morality. His actual words on NAFTA have bee wise. he talks about the need to revisit the treaty to ensure fairness in labor anbd environmental standards. No one should argue with that! Unofrtunatlety, hehas convinced the voters that he is opposed to NAFTA. The danger is that he and McCain could play chicken with this issue ad=nd relaly hurt our economy.
One of the most astonishing achievements of Obama 08 has been his skill at reflecting rovist attacks back on Ms. Clinton. The resuklt has been, on hi side, a wonderful ability to campaign on largley positive issues. Moreover, as shown by the recent debacle of an attck of the NUT on McCain, we may finally be emerging from the Rove era to an era where patenly evil swift boating can be turned against the source. Kudoes for Barack, however, there is still the danger of the Panderbear.
The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Clinton earning 48% of the Ohio Democratic Presidential Primary vote. That’s unchanged from a week ago. Barack Obama’s support has grown to 43%. That’s up from 40% last week and 38% the week before.
Overall, Clinton’s lead is now just five percentage points in Ohio, down from an eight-point advantage last week and fourteen points two weeks ago.
Just 16% of Likely Democratic Primary Voters believe the North American Free Trade Agreement—NAFTA—is good for America. Fifty-five percent (55%) say the trade agreement negotiated by the Clinton Administration is bad for the nation.
By a 53% to 14% margin, voters believe that Obama opposes NAFTA while there are mixed perceptions on where Clinton stands. Thirty-five percent (35%) believe she favors NAFTA, 31% believe she opposes it and 34% are not sure. This issue is critical in a state that has lost thousands of manufacturing jobs. Politically, these lower-income voters have generally supportive of Clinton throughout the primary season.
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