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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: American Spirit who wrote (5696)3/8/2004 1:02:04 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor of 81568
 
I think Bush will lose NC over these trade issues. The carolinas are really suffering. The furniture business is getting creamed and NC has an information systems economy which has shifted to India. Republicans assumed they would replace Edwards with a GOP seat, I doubt it.

The NC voters are well aware of the issues with the Yuan. China said last night absolutely no Yuan revaluation. I'll bet they are pissed.

Protectionist tilt worries GOP

It is not the war in Iraq, strongly supported in a state known for patriots and warriors. The GOP worries about the sea change here on international trade created by job losses blamed on foreign competition. Edwards' lurch toward protectionism at the end of his presidential campaign reflects the Democratic Party abandoning its heritage of free trade. But it is Republicans who have trouble coping with the new reality.

Republican politicians are chilled by a story making the rounds in the state's political circles. A delegation of North Carolina factory owners recently went to Washington to plead for relief from foreign competition. They returned complaining that the president's agents responded with the ''free trade'' mantra. Their verdict: They could no longer support Bush. North Carolina may be changing from a certain ''red'' state (carried by Bush with 56 percent in 2000) to a potential battleground with hopes for capturing Edwards' Senate seat diminishing.
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