WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Democrats hoping to use the issue of job losses to other countries against President Bush were given some fodder when Gregory Mankiew, the President's chief economic adviser suggested that outsourcing was "probably a plus for the economy in the long run." Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) said that, if elected, he would require companies that ship jobs offshore to tell the Labor Department and the workers when, where, and why the jobs are moving. "Companies will no longer be able to surprise their workers with a pink slip instead of a paycheck," Kerry said....