The NAFTA thing is going to blow up in Hillary's face.

[RDANGELO]

The Canadian prime minister yesterday stated that they were widening the investigation of the leak stating that Obama had contacted the government to solace them on his NAFTA stance. The information that is already out suggests that Sen. Clinton accused Sen. Obama of doing exactly what she was doing. I think that the reason he hasn't come out on this is that he is waiting for the Canadians to come out with a report, and then the media to pick up on it.

"Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised Thursday that an internal investigation would probe all facets of how information was leaked that may have influenced the U.S. Democratic presidential primaries, including the alleged comments by his own chief of staff, Ian Brodie, and the subsequent leak of a sensitive memorandum."

"The controversy began after Mr. Brodie allegedly told a group of journalists from CTV News that candidate Hillary Clinton was not serious about earlier suggestions that she would reopen NAFTA if she became president. The network later reported that it was Mr. Obama's campaign that had informed Canadian diplomats not to be overly concerned that he would fundamentally change the deal. The network also reported that Ms. Clinton's officials indirectly tried to deliver the same message, a report the campaign denied the next evening."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080306.wnafta07/BNStory/National/home


The Clintons probably knew this could happen, but they did it anyway because they had to win Ohio.

[papau]

1. Progressive" Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's favorite paper - may as well quote Fox.

[Spazito]

4. Please provide proof the Globe and Mail is harper's and mulroney's

favorite paper otherwise I might just think you are full of shit. The Globe and Mail is not a favorite of ANY conservative, they see it as a left wing rag because it actually reports the news without bias.

[Bigleaf]

5. Yeah, I just hope CBC can start digging (Fifth Estate perhaps)

and get to the bottom of this.

[canuk1]

9. globe and mail a friend of Harper? LOL

In Canada, there is basically one really conservative paper and that is the Toronto Sun. The balance of the media is pro Liberal. Most of the significant papers are owned by the Asper family. The Asper family are staunch Liberals. Years ago the Globe and Mail was conservative, but it has changed in the last 5 years are so. The media in general hates Harper. Also, a conservative in Canada is basically somewhere between a moderate democrat and a moderate republican in the US. In Canada we consider people like Rush and Hannity to be nut cases. They would not be allowed on the airways in Canada. So don't compare Cdn conservatives to americans. You are way off base.

[wryter2000]

2. Penn

Randi says NAFTA is going to be just as important in PA as in OH. Supposedly, PA is HRC's next go-to state. Good luck with that.

[DURHAM D]

3. Wrong - and it has already blown up in Obama's face.

Clinton has asked the media and the Canadian government to reveal the name of the person from her staff or supporters who supposedly spoke to them. What is their name? Oops - no one. They made it up.

[DearAbby]

8. What if the name is connected....

not to Obama OR Clinton...but to G.W.Bush? just a thought.

[npincus]

6. Media is hush-hush on this development

no sense in ruining a good storyline with facts.

[madmom]

7. Who is the ONLY one benefiting from this? .. clue his initials are

JOHN McCAIN! This is playing right into their hands it hurts both of our candidates and helps their's. We have got to start putting the blame there instead of on each other.