Word: gephardts
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Clad in a dark suit and a periwinkle tie, House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) spoke last night about the key issues confronting the nation and immediate goals that the U.S. should strive...
...seems equally plausible that in coming close to protectionism, Gephardt is pandering to organized labor and currying favor with a populace that fears underpaid workers in Mexico more than it fears duplicitous politicians on its own soil. This suspicion is all the more warranted given Gephardt's previous support of extending fast track authority to President Bush...
Whatever his motives, Gephardt is standing in the way of continued prosperity. The fear that foreign workers are seizing U.S. jobs is unfounded. As Lewis noted in the Times, despite the lowest trade barriers in history, the U.S. unemployment rate sunk to its lowest level in more than two decades. And Gephardt's protestations about workers' rights and environmental degradation only hold water if we believe that we can effect more change through idealism than persuasive engagement...
...Gephardt's defense of the liberal position on other issues has been respectably dependable. Upon Congress' adjournment last month, he announced an agenda for next year that proves his pulse is still on the things that matter: ensuring the quality of care provided by HMOs, improving pension security and giving kids somewhere to go after school...
Nonetheless, all Gephardt's good works will be tarnished until he tones down his protectionist rhetoric and gets down to dollars and sense. Without such a shift, Gephardt is both hurting his chances at the presidency in 2000 and threatening economic progress at home and abroad well into the millenium...