So now he is saying that Nafta is, "not so bad after all," in an interview in Fortune magazine.
This is no surprise to me. One of his chief economic advisers has been Austan Goolsbee, and most of the rest have been seriously "Chicago School" too.
If you are surprised, you were played for a sucker.
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03 March 2008
Memo Shows That Goolsbee Did Talk Down Opposition to NAFTA to Canadian Ambassador
Austan Goolsbee needs to be released from the Obama campaign. The Republicans, and the McCain loving press, will "Gore" Obama over this if he doesn't.
We now have documentation. The memo says of Goolsbee that, "He cautioned that this messaging should not be taken out of context and should be viewed as more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans."
It should be stated that Goolsbee disputes this characterization, though, it would appear, not the meeting.
He may have done nothing wrong. It doesn't matter. Goolsbee needs to be let go. He is now a liability for the campaign, though it would seem not as big a liability as Penn is for Hillary.
BTW, the original hed for the article wass, "Obama Adviser Denies Trade Remarks", it's now, "Canadian Memo Recounts Meeting".
I'm sorry but the first headline was just plain deceptive. Not a fault of the reporters, who do not do the heds.
We now have documentation. The memo says of Goolsbee that, "He cautioned that this messaging should not be taken out of context and should be viewed as more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans."
It should be stated that Goolsbee disputes this characterization, though, it would appear, not the meeting.
He may have done nothing wrong. It doesn't matter. Goolsbee needs to be let go. He is now a liability for the campaign, though it would seem not as big a liability as Penn is for Hillary.
BTW, the original hed for the article wass, "Obama Adviser Denies Trade Remarks", it's now, "Canadian Memo Recounts Meeting".
I'm sorry but the first headline was just plain deceptive. Not a fault of the reporters, who do not do the heds.
02 March 2008
Goolsbee Denies Canadian NAFTA Story
That is what he told The New York Observer.
Seriously, it's gotta suck to be him right now. He denies it, and it stays in the news, he keeps his mouth shut, and what is reported is, "No comment."
Seriously, it's gotta suck to be him right now. He denies it, and it stays in the news, he keeps his mouth shut, and what is reported is, "No comment."
29 February 2008
Austan Goolsbee Fingered as NAFTA Contact In Obama Campaign
So reprots CTV News.
There are three possibilities.
The first is that these discussions never happened, in which case both Obama and Goolsbee deserve an apology.
The second is that Goolsbee did talk to the ambassador with the approval of the campaign, in which case everyone in the campaign deserves a dope slap and a severance notice.
This would be unnecessary and stupid, and I do not think that the members of Obama campaign are that stupid. (If they are, then they deserve to lose)
The third possibility is that Goolsbee decided to do this unofficially on his own.
If that's the case, he needs to be dropped in an ostentatiously public manner, because you can't afford to have someone freelancing like this on policy or diplomacy.
I do know that Mr. Goolsbee has occasionally read my blog, so if he wants to make a statement, I will post it unedited.
There are three possibilities.
The first is that these discussions never happened, in which case both Obama and Goolsbee deserve an apology.
The second is that Goolsbee did talk to the ambassador with the approval of the campaign, in which case everyone in the campaign deserves a dope slap and a severance notice.
This would be unnecessary and stupid, and I do not think that the members of Obama campaign are that stupid. (If they are, then they deserve to lose)
The third possibility is that Goolsbee decided to do this unofficially on his own.
If that's the case, he needs to be dropped in an ostentatiously public manner, because you can't afford to have someone freelancing like this on policy or diplomacy.
I do know that Mr. Goolsbee has occasionally read my blog, so if he wants to make a statement, I will post it unedited.
