Mega-dittoes. We should support free trade only as far as it's in the best interest of America. I've had it with these "patriots" who are free-traders first, and let America take whatever is left over.
When the country falls (as it will if the middle class falls), who will be left to protect them? Their stock brokers?
Our access to Canadian energy is of paramount importance. Do we want to piss them off, when the deal we have with them now (the access portion) may be so important to our future? We can’t keep pissing in everyone’s cereal and keep expecting them to like it - water - of which Canada has an abundance of, may be the next issue. Seems to me we want these guys on OUR side...