Democrats May Drive a Wedge on Obama’s Dream Policy Issues; Over his Failures in Keeping His Words on NAFTA/Free Trade Reforms & Jobs:

Democrats May Drive a Wedge on Obama’s Dream Policy Issues; Over his Failures in Keeping His Words on NAFTA/Free Trade Reforms & Jobs:
By Marc Chamot

President Barack Obama is going to need all the help that he can get from Democrats to get his dream policy issues going, but alienating them along the way is definitely the wrong path to take. Cracks, murmurs, and divisions are beginning to take shape among Democrats in Obama’s lackluster handling over lack of jobs and NAFTA.

Barack Obama being the first African American president in the United States history didn’t just happen because of his “good looks” or by chance. It was because of an economical disaster that had befallen our great nation.

One of the key factors that propelled him over John McCain was that he was more credible and believable about improving the depressive jobs situation in economically depressed parts of America.

He campaigned very hard out there. JOBS and NAFTA is what made Barack Obama president, nothing else.

But now, President Barack Obama has angered some of his base that had thrust him into office, the folks up north, from Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois to Maine, North Carolina, Indiana and Virginia, states that helped carry President Obama into the U.S. presidency, and states that NAFTA had completely devastated its industrial, manufacturing complexes and jobs.

He had adamantly told those people that he was going to do something about NAFTA, and even renegotiate it to favor Americans over foreign interests.

These folks opted for Obama in lieu of John McCain, because John McCain had no solutions for NAFTA and jobs, except for keeping it all as business as usual.

Now it looks like President Obama is reneging on his promise and wants to keep NAFTA as business as usual. If that’s the case, maybe those folks are repenting and should have voted for McCain instead.

There are murmurs and rumblings coming from Democrats within his own party. “I am greatly disappointed that the administration seems to have backpedaled on trade, specifically on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement,” said Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, who says his state has lost thousands of jobs because of NAFTA. “President Obama campaigned on this issue, and I am very disappointed that he’s walking away from that commitment.”

Obama, by nominating “free trader” and NAFTA loving Ron Kirk in office was pretty bad news for future jobs in America. It was also a cold slap to the face of these folks in those depressed areas that believed in him. Not only Ron Kirk was a very bad choice for Trade Representative, he also backed off taking any tougher stances against NAFTA last month.

Now President Barack Obama needs to wake up and look into the reality of the situation, after his 100 days and change in office, his honeymoon with his millions out of work voters, mainly those of these depressed areas, and those who helped him get into office could soon be over.

It isn’t helping him any at this moment, when more Americans are being unemployed than jobs are available. With the recent proposed closings of the Chrysler and General Motors dealerships, more people will be thrust out into the unemployment lines. His stimulus bill to create 3 million jobs is only a drop in the bucket compared to what’s being lost out there.

His approval ratings aren’t going up any, according to Rasmussen he’s been around the middle fifties for a while. But the state of the nation rating is far worse; Gallup polls show that over 67% of Americans still disapprove in the direction that this country is heading. A mere 30% of Americans like what’s going on here, but those are horrible numbers for both, a Democratic president with Democrat controlled congress to sustain for large amounts of time.

And Congress’ approval ratings are still in the dumps, even with Democrats in control.

Other key Democrat Senators who are beating the war drums about the President’s lack of effort over NAFTA are Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio and Kay Hagan, D-NC.

“If this president doesn’t want to cooperate, politicians (Democrats) should not support any of Obama’s pet projects, like healthcare and other issues that Obama wants to push forth.”

Democrats could drive a big wedge on Barack Obama to force him to keep his words on jobs and NAFTA, especially when he’s going to have a rough time with Republicans.

President Barack Obama maybe doesn’t realize what kind of political pressures these politicians are within their own economically depressed states and among their constituencies.

But what I would suggest that people do is let all of YOUR politicians and reps in Washington know not to support any of President Obama’s issues, until he becomes more realistic about our sad situation and keep forcing him to keep his words, about saving American jobs.