Obama Nafta Memo

I thought that he was going to bring "change" - how exactly does THIS mess qualify as change?

Obama under fire over Nafta memo

By Andrew Ward in Washington

Published: March 3 2008 23:50 | Last updated: March 3 2008 23:55

A senior adviser to Barack Obama told the Canadian government that the Democratic presidential frontrunner’s campaign rhetoric on free trade should be viewed as “political positioning”, according to a leaked memo.

The memo provided the first firm evidence to support week-old allegations that the Obama campaign issued private reassurances to Canada while publicly criticising the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).

So does the fact that this got leaked qualify as change? OR maybe it's the fact that a democrat is now on the record - albeit against his will - saying more or less that NAFTA was a good thing? It kills me that people do not realize how much business and how many jobs NAFTA has brought to America. Oh the low skill high wage union jobs are heading south where the unions have no sway - but I still don't see how that is a bad thing.