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He, and his family, are dear friends of mine.  Keep him and justice in your thoughts.

Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP) 

There is little difference between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on international trade issues, although neither has provided much detail and both have shown some ambivalence in their views.
 
Both candidates have said that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is “flawed” and that it “lacks labor standards and environmental standards” and that it has hurt the United States. Obama states that the agreement has “helped Wall Street but hurt Main Street” and Clinton asserts that we need to do more to “protect our workers.”
 
Both candidates believe NAFTA should be renegotiated, in Clinton’s words “on terms favorable to all of America.” The candidates cite the negative impact of NAFTA on labor and believe that the agreement must be amended to discourage factory closures and include more retraining and transition programs. The senators often cite the thousands of jobs that have been lost in the United States due to NAFTA, especially when campaigning in the states that have been hardest hit by the agreement, notably Ohio and Pennsylvania. Continue reading →

Today from the AP.

Shadegg has raised already more than $1 million for his on-again re-election bid but he wants a bigger campaign war chest to help fend off Democratic challenger Bob Lord in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District.

Shadegg is asking supporters to donate an additional $300,000 by March 31.

Shadegg’s solicitation says he can and will win in November but that he’ll need to mount an aggressive campaign against Lord in what Shadegg calls a “tough environment.”

Could this “tough environment” be his own doing? Hmmm… lets remind folks of his money trail.

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