Friday, April 11, 2008

Colombia and Hilary


It seems that the unraveling of the Clinton-Colombia story could possibly clinch it for Obama.

Hilary's chief strategist, Mark Penn, has been caught working on established a free trade agreement with Colombia. Penn was employed by Colombia to get such a bill passed. The problem is that Hilary has publicly expressed her opposition to such an agreement.

With the race for the Democratic nomination approaching its climax this could prove devastating to her campaign. Aside from having her chief strategist disagree with her policies, the fiasco also reveals that Penn may foresee that Hilary will not win which could be conveyed to potential voters in that he preferred to work for his own policy than Hilary's campaign.

From an economic standpoint, according to Nikolas Kozloff of the CounterPunch.org, "It's odd to think that the Penn-Colombia story could exert an impact on domestic U.S. politics" because, "most Americans...associate the country with drug cartels and little else."

It will be interesting to see how Hilary tackles this obstacle and how the media presents it.

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