[Vision2020] Politicians Taking Heat on Trade Laws in NC
Donovan Arnold
donovanarnold@hotmail.com
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:43:22 -0700
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<P>Tim,</P>
<P>You are not thinking very in-depth. Nor have you looked at many polls lately. <BR></P></DIV>
<P>"White Demo. primary voters, especially this year are very anti-war and that translates directly, at least for many of them, as anti-millitary."</P>
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<P>This is incorrect. Clark is and was strongly against the war with Iraq. He ads creditability to the issue. Bush looks like an idiot telling a retired 4-star general that he was right about the war and the General was wrong. Bush saying this to Dean makes Dean look like a hippy anti-war idiot. Democrats know this. </P>
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<P>"Further, Black Demo. voters are not going to be especially turned on by a Clark candidacy. Most Black leaders are either committed to Sharpton or are leaning to one of the other candidates and won't give up at this late date."</P>
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<P>Actually, this is incorrect. Clark is doing very well in places like DC that is 80% African American. Dean is doing horrible with all minorities. Sharpton is doing the best with African Americans, but he will have to give his delegates to someone eventually, since Sharpton despises Dean to the core, as do most the other candidates, also being a veteran, Sharpton will give his delegates to Clark if it means Clark or Dean. </P>
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<P>Hillary Clinton is not an issue. I don't see why you think she is so powerful as to be able to go against the entire party. Clark and Dean are not the ones keeping Hillary from getting the Presidency, it is Hillary herself. Her negatives are in the 40's. She can't win in 2008. She needs until at least 2012. You are also forgetting the Clark is good friends with both the Clintons. Hillary and Clark were born in the same town. They later moved to the same town, Little Rock. Hillary is going to endorse Clark. Hillary wants to be the Democratic Senate Leader, and her best way to do that is to support Clark. About Gore. He was robbed in the election, and should be president right now. </P>
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<P>Guns, well, Clark is an hunter, an excellent one at that, it is said he never misses even with a bad right hand. He owns 21 guns himself, and is pro-gun.</P>
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<P>You are correct that Clark is not that well known as Dean. But Dean was not known at all until about two months ago. Dean became well known because he spent 6 million dollars. Clark is better known than 5 candidates already and has not spent a dime. </P>
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<P>The Democratic nomination will have 4 major players. Gephardt, Dean, Clark, and a distant 4th Sharpton. Gephardt is hanging on in the Midwest, Dean the New England states. Clark with the South and military votes. Sharpton with the African Americans.</P>
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<P>The Super delegates will be supporting Clark because he can beat Bush, and Sharpton will back Clark. That gives Clark the nomination. It all comes down to the math.</P>
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<P>Dean only enjoys a top tear level candidacy because he is known as the anti-bush candidate and the anti-war candidate. Clark is both and can beat Bush. I already know many Dean supporters that will bail on Dean for Clark because they want to beat Bush more than anything else.</P>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: Tim Lohrmann <TIMLOHR@YAHOO.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>To: Donovan Arnold <DONOVANARNOLD@HOTMAIL.COM>
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<DIV></DIV>>CC: vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Politicians Taking Heat on Trade Laws in NC
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<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:17:12 -0700 (PDT)
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<DIV></DIV>>Donovan,
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<DIV></DIV>> I agree with you that Clark would be a strong
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<DIV></DIV>>Demo. candidate. The only problem is that even though
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<DIV></DIV>>he COULD beat Bush he CAN'T win the nomination.
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<DIV></DIV>> White Demo. primary voters, especially this year
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<DIV></DIV>>are very anti-war and that translates directly, at
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<DIV></DIV>>least for many of them, as anti-millitary. I seriously
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<DIV></DIV>>doubt that these voters will suddenly swoon at Dean's
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<DIV></DIV>>announcement.
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<DIV></DIV>> Further, Black Demo. voters are not going to be
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<DIV></DIV>>especially turned on by a Clark candidacy. Most Black
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<DIV></DIV>>leaders are either committed to Sharpton or are
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<DIV></DIV>>leaning to one of the other candidates and won't give
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<DIV></DIV>>up at this late date.
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<DIV></DIV>> Also, just as the name of Howard Dean barely
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<DIV></DIV>>registers outside political junkiedom, Clark's name is
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<DIV></DIV>>hardly household. He will have a huge financial
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<DIV></DIV>>struggle in the primary states just getting anyone to
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<DIV></DIV>>remember who he is.
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<DIV></DIV>> I'm not saying it can't be done, just that it's
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<DIV></DIV>>going to be a tough fight just for the nomination.
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<DIV></DIV>>Then, you can't forget the 800 lb. gorilla hiding in
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<DIV></DIV>>the closet watching all this---Hillary Clinton.
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<DIV></DIV>>Hillary looks upon 2008 as her year. Nothing would
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<DIV></DIV>>hurt her plans more than a sitting Demo. president.
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<DIV></DIV>>Hillary wants a weak candidate this year so an open
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<DIV></DIV>>election in '08 will be hers for the taking. Arkansas
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<DIV></DIV>>or not, she'll do everything she can, including
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<DIV></DIV>>bringing Bill out to do his aw-shucks-and-jive show
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<DIV></DIV>>for whoever can beat Clark but will have more trouble
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<DIV></DIV>>in the general.
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<DIV></DIV>> On the other factors affecting the election, I'm
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<DIV></DIV>>not arguing that the economy and many other factors
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<DIV></DIV>>look bad for Bush at the moment. My only point is that
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<DIV></DIV>>it's way to early to say he's a dead duck.
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<DIV></DIV>> Also, your analysis leaves out the impact of
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<DIV></DIV>>several social issues. Gun control is a good example.
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<DIV></DIV>>Have you seen any Democrats coming out for more
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<DIV></DIV>>restrictive gun control lately? Heck no. And that's
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<DIV></DIV>>because if not for being on the wrong side of the gun
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<DIV></DIV>>control issue, Algore would be pres. right now. Gore
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<DIV></DIV>>lost West Virginia (a state that had only voted GOP in
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<DIV></DIV>>Reagan's re-election against Mondale in recent past)
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<DIV></DIV>>and his home state of Tenn. precisely because of the
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<DIV></DIV>>--- Donovan Arnold <DONOVANARNOLD@HOTMAIL.COM>wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>>First off, I agree that if the Democrats nominate
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<DIV></DIV>>nominate Dean. They will nominate Clark. Clark will
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<DIV></DIV>>most likely choose another Southerner for the bottom
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<DIV></DIV>>of the ticket. Most likely Breuex from Louisiana. Do
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<DIV></DIV>>Assuming that the 19 states plus DC that have voted
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<DIV></DIV>>12 years, makes 260 electoral votes. Add Arkansas and
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<DIV></DIV>>Louisiana and that makes 275. That is not even
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<DIV></DIV>>counting Florida and Missouri.
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<DIV></DIV>>You are also forgetting two other important factors.
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<DIV></DIV>>One, the combination of two southerners on a ticket
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<DIV></DIV>>could strengthen the vote in the Northern part of
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<DIV></DIV>>Florida. Clark is also Jewish, and Roman Catholic. In
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<DIV></DIV>>addition, Clark is military and will turn the military
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<DIV></DIV>>2-1 vote for the Republicans in the military around to
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<DIV></DIV>>a 1-1 ratio.
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<DIV></DIV>>I honestly don't think that Bush can turn the economy
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<DIV></DIV>>around in 14 months. He is the only President since
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<DIV></DIV>>Hoover to actually have a net loss in jobs. He needs
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<DIV></DIV>>to add 3 million jobs to the economy in 14 months. I
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<DIV></DIV>>don't think he can do that in all reality. Even if the
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<DIV></DIV>>jobs are created and people get the jobs, they still
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<DIV></DIV>>will be new employees and not feel secure. It also
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<DIV></DIV>>takes a good 4-6 months for the effects of any
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<DIV></DIV>>economic recover to be felt. That gives him less than
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<DIV></DIV>>ten months. Do you think he can create 300,000 new
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<DIV></DIV>>jobs a month for the next 10 months? I don't think so.
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<DIV></DIV>>The unemployment rate is up to 7% now. Very high.
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<DIV></DIV>>Now, how about what is going on overseas. European
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<DIV></DIV>>economy is really hurting. That means they will not be
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<DIV></DIV>>buying much from us anytime soon. Do you think that is
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<DIV></DIV>>going to help us? No, it will not. Nothing Bush can do
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<DIV></DIV>>about us losing jobs because nobody is buying US
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<DIV></DIV>>products. Also, you have the war. An average of 40
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<DIV></DIV>>soldiers are dying every month. In 14 months that will
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<DIV></DIV>>be, lets see, 560 more soldiers dead. For a total of
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<DIV></DIV>>about 700 men and women. More than 75% of Americans
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<DIV></DIV>>find that an intolerable loss. We will also have spent
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<DIV></DIV>>another $15 billion. That amount would have solved the
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<DIV></DIV>>budget problem in California.
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<DIV></DIV>>Nothing can save old poor Bushy. He is dead in the
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<DIV></DIV>>water. Even in the best of situations, we catch
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<DIV></DIV>>Saddam, kill Osama, bring back the electricity in
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<DIV></DIV>>Iraq, and the economy gets back to where it was when
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<DIV></DIV>>he came into office, he is still in horrible shape for
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<DIV></DIV>>reelection.
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<DIV></DIV>>In the next couple weeks Clark will announce his
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<DIV></DIV>>candidacy for President. It will be a huge
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<DIV></DIV>>announcement. Lots of cameras and press, and he will
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<DIV></DIV>>be endorsed by many Governors, Senators, and
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<DIV></DIV>>Congressional leaders. He will be immediately put in
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<DIV></DIV>>second place in the runoff. After four months, many of
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<DIV></DIV>>the candidates will drop out and put Clark up against
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<DIV></DIV>>Dean. Clark will eventually win the nomination because
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<DIV></DIV>>of the South.
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<DIV></DIV>>Clark and Bush will be in a good race for the
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<DIV></DIV>>Presidency. Bush and Clark will be focusing in on
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<DIV></DIV>>Florida, Missouri, Wisconsin, Oregon, Iowa, Nevada,
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<DIV></DIV>>and New Mexico. If Clark wins just 6 electoral votes
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<DIV></DIV>>from these states, he wins the election. Which pony
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<DIV></DIV>>Donovan J Arnold
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<DIV></DIV>> >From: Tim Lohrmann
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<DIV></DIV>> >CC: vision2020@moscow.com
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<DIV></DIV>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Politicians Taking Heat on
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<DIV></DIV>>Trade Laws in NC
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<DIV></DIV>> >Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
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<DIV></DIV>> >Donovan,
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<DIV></DIV>> > Those are premature predictions, bubba.
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<DIV></DIV>> > We're a year from the elections--several political
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<DIV></DIV>> > With the whole northern part of the state freaked
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<DIV></DIV>> >about gay marriage and other social issues that the
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<DIV></DIV>> >GOP will raise and 93% of the Cuban-Americans in the
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<DIV></DIV>> >Miami area block voting for W with a huge turnout, I
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<DIV></DIV>> >believe W could win nicely. The same strategy could
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<DIV></DIV>> >used against several possible Demo nominees.
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<DIV></DIV>> > What about a "bruising" Demo. primary season
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<DIV></DIV>> >leaving a whole heckuva lot of Demos PO'd and
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<DIV></DIV>> >unmotivated to work for the eventual nominee?
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<DIV></DIV>> > What if the Demos dis Sharpton and irritate the
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<DIV></DIV>> >heck out of a number of black leaders who in turn
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<DIV></DIV>> >advocate a black voter stay at home strategy on
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<DIV></DIV>> > What if the economy starts springing back around
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<DIV></DIV>> >just at the right time for ole W?
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<DIV></DIV>> > What if Cruz Bustamante wins the CA Gov. election
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<DIV></DIV>> > A bunch of "what-if's" I know, but if one of more
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<DIV></DIV>> >The point is anything can and will happen in 14
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<DIV></DIV>> >months. It's waaaay too early to write anyone off.
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<DIV></DIV>> >Not when the Demos are still struggling to find
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<DIV></DIV>> >--- Donovan Arnold wrote:
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<DIV></DIV>> > > >From: Tim Lohrmann
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<DIV></DIV>> > > >Subject: [Vision2020] Politicians Taking Heat on
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<DIV></DIV>> > > >Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 21:09:29 -0700 (PDT)
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<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > As unemployment rises in both states, newly
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > militant
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > executives are
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > criticizing Bush and planning unprecedented
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > education and voter drives,
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > promising to make sure workers know who's on
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > their
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > side and who's not.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "We're seeing a new dynamic where the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>executives
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > employees are both
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > beginning to see a real threat to their
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > interests,"
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > says Fred Reese,
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > president of Western N.C. Industries, an
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > employer
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > association. "You're
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > going to see people who traditionally voted
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Republican switch over."
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Jobs, or the lack of them, are an issue across
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > country. Democrats
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > are hoping that 2004 becomes a repeat of 1992,
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > when
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Bill Clinton's
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > intense focus on the sour economy helped
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>unseat
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > first President Bush.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > In 2000, the Carolinas were George W. Bush
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > country:
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > he won more than 56
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > percent of the vote in each state. But
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>mounting
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > job
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > losses have taken
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > their toll on the president, an unabashed
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > free-trader, and threaten
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > other trade supporters, particularly in the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > South.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Andy Warlick, CEO of Parkdale Mills in Gaston
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > County, voted for Bush in
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > 2000. Next year, he says, he doubts he will.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "He made a lot of promises and he hasn't
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > delivered
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > on any of them,"
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Warlick says. "I've had some first-hand
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > experience
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > of him sending down
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > trade and commerce officials ... but they're
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > just
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > photo ops. ... It's
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > empty rhetoric."
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > One of the top reasons for the dismal
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>Carolinas
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > economy: foreign trade.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Since 1993, when Congress passed the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > Clinton-backed
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > North American Free
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, jobs in many
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > industries
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > have fled overseas.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > For example, about half the textile and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>apparel
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > jobs
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > that existed in
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > 1994 are gone. Critics say "fast-track" trade
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > authority and other trade
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > measures President Bush pushed through with
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > Vietnam
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > and other countries
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > can potentially add to the losses.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Experts say the end to quotas on Chinese
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > imports,
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > scheduled to expire at
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > the end of 2004, could cost 127,000 more
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>textile
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > jobs over the next
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > three years in the Carolinas alone.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "They're sending all our jobs overseas," says
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > Leslie
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Barrett, one of
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > nearly 5,000 Pillowtex workers who lost their
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > jobs
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > in the state's
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > largest layoff. "There are not enough jobs
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>here,
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > then there are all
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > these foreign people here."
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Not satisfied
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > In December 2001 Hayes, of Concord, cast the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > tie-breaking vote for
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > fast-track. At the time he said he won
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>promises
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > from
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > the Bush
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > administration that it would more strictly
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > enforce
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > existing trade
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > agreements and pressure foreign countries to
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > open
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > their markets to U.S.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > textiles."Are we ... pleased with the way they
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > responded? Absolutely,"
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > says Hayes. "Are we satisfied with where we
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>are?
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Absolutely not."
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > In two years, U.S. Rep. Cass Ballenger's 10th
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > District has lost nearly
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > 40,000 jobs, primarily in the textile and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > furniture
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > industries. The
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Hickory Republican voted for NAFTA and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > fast-track.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "Certainly, there's a political cost to any
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > controversial vote no matter
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > which side you take," Ballenger says. "People
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > are
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > casting stones, but
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > we're trying to pick them up and build
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > something.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > ... I don't spend much
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > time thinking about an election that's more
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>than
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > a
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > year away. My focus
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > is on helping the region recover."
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Hayes later voted against the final version of
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > fast-track. He and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Ballenger aren't the only ones who cast
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > potentially
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > unpopular votes.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Rep. John Spratt, a York, S.C., Democrat,
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>voted
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > for
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > NAFTA. Republican
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > U.S. Reps. Sue Myrick of Charlotte, Richard
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>Burr
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > of
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Winston-Salem and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Jim DeMint of Greenville, S.C., voted for
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > fast-track. Both Burr and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > DeMint are running for the Senate.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > U.S. Sen. John Edwards, a Democrat from North
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Carolina, voted against
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > fast-track in 2002 after voting for an earlier
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > version. In 2000 he voted
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > for permanent normal trade relations with
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>China.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Edwards, however, has since attacked Bush's
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > trade
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > policies and called
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > for fairer trade measures. Burr recently
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > threatened
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > to introduce
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > legislation to eliminate the office of U.S.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > trade
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > representative. Hayes,
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > like Ballenger, has worked hard to get
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>services
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > to
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > displaced workers and
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > promote more development in his district.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "Though he (Hayes) voted for fast-track, he is
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > really concerned about
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > the workers and their conditions in the state
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>of
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > North Carolina," says
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Robert Neal, vice president of the local
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>chapter
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > of
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > the Pillowtex
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > workers' union.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Jennifer Duffy, an analyst for the Cook
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > Political
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Report, says
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "Republicans all went to the `Robin Hayes
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > school' in
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > terms of learning
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > how to address those (trade) votes.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "Republicans have kind of figured out that for
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > every
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > `bad' vote they
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > cast there are others they would use to show
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > they
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > are fighting for the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > state's industries."
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > `A North Carolina problem'
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > But Democrats already are pouncing.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "A lot of these Republican candidates --
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>Richard
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Burr in particular --
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > owe the White House and (political adviser)
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>Karl
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Rove for clearing the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > field for him (Burr)," says Brad Woodhouse, a
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > spokesman for the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "And
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > he's
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > (Burr) going to be
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > expected to continue to support the
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>president."
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > >
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > "It's unfortunate that the Democrats want to
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > start
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>> > > > > early pointing
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