Clinton – Not Obama – Told Canada They’re Not Serious About NAFTAPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Mar. 07‚ 2008(Editors Note: NPR today became the first traditional media outlet to confirm what we and other sources reported on March 5: Barack Obama won more delegates in Texas than Hillary Clinton, winning the caucuses by 56-44%) Barack Obama lost Ohio on March 4th by a wider-than-expected margin of ten points. Without a doubt, NAFTA-Gate – where an Obama aide supposedly told Canadian diplomats not to take his rhetoric on the trade agreement seriously – hurt him badly in this heavily working-class state. Now the Canadian government fully admits that they misconstrued what the aide said – and according to the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, it was actually Hillary Clinton’s campaign who advised them to take their candidate’s anti-NAFTA rhetoric “with a grain of salt.” But somehow, the media screwed up and reported it as Obama. With the Pennsylvania primary on April 22nd, will the truth get out in time about this scuffle – or will NAFTA-Gate keep hurting Obama’s chances with working-class voters? |