[RegulatorCountry]

Trade is an easy issue for him, the Dems have been anti-free trade for decades.

And, in places like NC-11, free trade has become a tough sell, and with good reason, from their experience and perspective. A breezy "oh, just go back to community college" doesn't cut it, with someone who has been put out of a job three times in the past five years, due to manufacturing facilities closing here and moving production to Guatemala or some other third world nation. I'm aquainted with several people in just such a position, and they're feeling anything but positive about Republicans due to trade policy. Try to tell them that NAFTA was signed into law by Clinton, and they come back with the Republican Congress that sent it to him. There's a problem here, and until it's recognized, you're going to see a repeat of this scenario, where ever there has been job loss due to trade policy. It's going to hand House seats over to Democrats on a silver platter.

[colorado tanker]

If the Republican Party turns protectionist and opposed to free trade, that’ll create a “problem” for my support.

[Congressman Billybob]

There are still plant closings going on today in the 11th. But Shuler is down the line with union positions, so the creative sort of decision-making which can build AMERICAN agricultural employment, and AMERICAN tourism employment are beyond him. The reason for stressing “American” is that Heath couldn’t comprehend the details in the immigration law if his life depended on it.

John / Billybob