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The impact of shuttered manufacturing plants has played a big role in Barack Obama's campaign in much of the Rust Belt. In places like Michigan, Ohio and other hard-hit states, he's attacked McCain for votes on legislation that made it easier for companies to send jobs overseas.
For weeks, I've been expecting Obama to make plant closures an issue in North Carolina, where hundreds of textile, apparel, and furniture plants have shut down over the last two decades. Offshoring of jobs is a huge issue in the state, and debate over international trade deals like NAFTA and CAFTA were a big issue in the North Carolina Democratic party.
Today, Obama dumped a new ad attempting to tie McCain to votes that made it easier for companies to maintain tax breaks while sending jobs overseas. This one focuses on Carolina Mills, a company that shut down several plants in 2006. It's unclear where this ad will begin airing. I haven't heard back from the Obama campaign yet.
Hat tip to Marc Ambinder.
--Sean Mussenden
For weeks, I've been expecting Obama to make plant closures an issue in North Carolina, where hundreds of textile, apparel, and furniture plants have shut down over the last two decades. Offshoring of jobs is a huge issue in the state, and debate over international trade deals like NAFTA and CAFTA were a big issue in the North Carolina Democratic party.
Today, Obama dumped a new ad attempting to tie McCain to votes that made it easier for companies to maintain tax breaks while sending jobs overseas. This one focuses on Carolina Mills, a company that shut down several plants in 2006. It's unclear where this ad will begin airing. I haven't heard back from the Obama campaign yet.
Hat tip to Marc Ambinder.
--Sean Mussenden