• Share  Oh noes, not a president who supports outsourcing!
This new ad from the Obama campaign claims that if Romney wins
he'll be an "outsourcer-in-chief":  And here I thought we
already had one of those. President Obama didn't run a private
equity firm that shut down American workplaces. But he has
signed several free trade deals as president, and he's pursuing
a major multilateral agreement—and with a lack of transparency
that has some Democratic senators upset  No surprise there,
Obama's past criticisms of NAFTA aside. For many years now, it's
been a given that only relatively steadfast supporters of free
trade are getting anywhere near the presidency, whatever their
party. And while there's a whole endless debate about the
overall pros and cons, it's a simple fact that opening up global
trade enables U.S. companies to outsource jobs. A president's
impact on outsourcing may take a couple more steps than that of
a business executive—pretty sure White House and executive
agency staff still work right ther