all this "booming economy from trade" you refer to.
Bush has the lowest ratings of his presidency on economic issues in the latest polls. gasoline prices, and the meltdown in private sector job security, compensation, pension elimination, etc - due to outsourcing and offshoring is the reason why.
any Democrat who can tap into this unease of americans on economic matters - will sail into the white house.
You must be one of those who lives in John Edwards' other world. There is not one economic indicator out there that doesn't say these are very good times. Bush's approval rating is down because the MSM refuses to tell the truth about the economy. You read these threads every day on FR. The first comment is usually something about the MSM trying to make this look like the worst economy since Hoover.
The best way for a rat to get elected in 2008 is to adopt protectionist measures and send the economy into the tank. No way a rat gets elected president unless the economy is sucking wind. A sure way to make that happen is to roll up the isolationist drawbridge and eschew the lessons freer trade has taught us.