Obama's Biggest Weapon In Ohio

Barack Obama has a very good chance of winning Ohio (where polls show him gaining steadily on Hillary, just as he won Wisconsin, and for the same reason. You see, Hillary was, as late as 2004, in favor of NAFTA, the now infamous and much maligned North American Free Trade Agreement, a law that was probably Bill Clinton's biggest mistake and Hillary supported. This law was very bad for the economy of the United States. It allowed many manufacturing businesses to close their plants in the US and send outsource them to other countries, where labor was cheap and the corporations that moved those companies made much more money.

Unfortunately, this act put many people out of work, especially in the Midwest, and has been very unpopular. In the meantime, those corporations grew larger and more powerful and cannot be asked or forced to return to the US. Again, Bill and his co-president, Hillary, are very much to blame for this. It is Bill Clinton's one HUGE policy mistake, and one the Republicans have taken and made much worse. Oh, and many of the factories employed union workers, and union workers usually vote Democrat. Now, who do YOU think these same factory workers who lost their jobs are going to vote for? Hillary, the person who supported them losing their jobs in the first place?

And of course, NAFTA led to even more trade agreements, leading to the mass opening of Wal-Mart Superstores, which forced those manufacturers who stayed in the US to move their operations abroad as well or lose Wal-Mart as their biggest customer. Pretty slick, huh? And to say, well, Wal-Mart came in and created jobs is just ridiculous. After all, had the factories stayed in the US in the first place, we wouldn't have NEEDED Wal-Mart to come and create jobs that pay poorly and provide little to no benefits.

So, it seems Obama is playing his cards right in Ohio and using the right tactics. Just hope it's enough to let him win and force Hillary out of the race.