Dem cands- Paint GOP as married to NAFTA, middle class wage killin, job outsourcers to China etc

[Union Yes]

Being Pro-Nafta in today's political climate does to a candidate's prospects of winning what cancer does to good health.

The Republican Party is married to Free Trade, but they kinda want that kept a secret. Even Rethugs know that Free Trade has become a political liability. But, Thugs take their orders from corporate America. Therefore they will protect FT at all cost, secretly.

That where Dem candidates come in.

If Dem candidates show some intestinal fortitude, they can paint their Rethug opponent as a pro-Nafta, Free Trading, job outsourcer to China, Malaysia etc.

Populist support wins elections. Nothing will bring quicker populist support than a candidate that calls for total reform of our anti-worker/anti-middle class "Free" Trade policies.

Every person I know has suffered to some extent under Nafta, since its enactment.

Nafta/Cafta/Gatt have created more poverty and despair in America than perhaps any economic policy in U.S. history.

Dems can galvanize populist support by calling for repeal of Free Trade and negotiating new FAIR TRADE policies. Dems can win elections by painting their GOP opponents as Pro-Free Traders.

Alexi Giannoulias, Dem candidate for U.S. Senate from Illinois touches on the issue in this ad against GOP'er Mark Kirk. Kirk was married to Bush Free Trade policy that helped opened up China's workforce to American corporations that led to the ensuing wake of destruction- the dead middle class is the result of Kirk/Bushco trade policy.

AG's ad..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0pXS-6ee0k

Edit: I'd like to see AG do another ad solely dedicated to painting Kirk as a Free Trading, job outsourcer. Paint Kirk for what he is: anti-worker/anti-middle class.

:patriot:

[Romulox]

1. NAFTA was Bill Clinton's policy. NAFTA *is* Barack Obama's policy.

:shrug:

[Union Yes]

2. Would that change with a more progressive congress writing legislation?

That's about the only hope I have left. Wish I had a better answer.

:shrug:

[OhioChick]

3. Good point (s) n/t

[Edweird]

4. It would be swell if that was the truth, but it's not - and everybody already knows.

[EFerrari]

5. NAFTA is a bipartisan elite project. The Democrats can't do that.