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US ELECTIONS 08: RNC: Obama's General Shift

After CNBC Interview, How Will Obama Explain His Shifting Positions On Taxes, Trade And The Economy To American Voters?

/noticias.info/ Obama Shifts On Taxes: Said He May "Defer" Tax Hikes Depending On The Economic Situation - A Tacit Acknowledgment That Higher Taxes Hurt The Economy And Affect Job Creation:

Obama Said He May "Possibly Defer" Some Of His Tax Increases Based On The Economic Situation. CNBC's John Harwood: "Higher taxes for capital gains, for dividends, for carried interest, for high-income Americans. You embraced a lot of those policies when the economy was stronger than it is now." Obama: "Yeah, yeah." Harwood: "Even if you think those are a good idea substantively, is there reason, because of the situation we're in, to delay the implementation of any of those to avoid having a negative effect on job creation?" Obama: "Well, there's no doubt that any policies I implement are going to be based on the economic situation that I inherit from George Bush. You know, one of the things I believe in is a manager of the economy, is you should base your decisions on facts and not ideology. And so even if I'm predisposed to a certain set of policies, I'm going to want and see what's going on at the moment and ask a wide range of viewpoints from situations..." Harwood: "So you can see the possibility of deferring some of those?" Obama: "Some of those you could possibly defer." (CNBC's "Your Money, Your Vote: McCain Vs. Obama," 6/10/08)



FLASHBACK: Obama Said His Tax Hikes Wouldn't Affect Economic Decision Making:

FLASHBACK: Obama Said Raising The Capital Gains Tax Wouldn't "Distort ... Economic Decision Making." Obama: "I think that we can have a capital gains rate that is higher than 15 percent. If it--and if it, you know--when I talk to people like Warren Buffet or others and I ask them, you know, what's--how much of a difference is it going to be if it's 20 or 25 percent, they say, look, if it's within that range then it's not going to distort, I think, economic decision making." (CNBC's "Closing Bell," 3/27/08)



TRADE SHIFT

Obama Shifts On Trade: Said "I Believe In Free Trade":

Now That The Primary Is Over, Obama Claims He Believes In Free Trade. Obama: "And on trade deals, I believe in free trade. And as somebody who lived overseas, who has family overseas, I've seen what's happened in terms of rising living standards around the globe. And that's a good thing for America, it's good for our national security." (CNBC's "Your Money, Your Vote: McCain Vs. Obama," 6/10/08)



FLASHBACK: Obama's Primary Rhetoric Cast Him As "The Most Protectionist U.S. Presidential Candidate In Decades":

"On The Record So Far, Mr. Obama Is The Most Protectionist U.S. Presidential Candidate In Decades." (Editorial, "Change You'll Have To Pay For," Wall Street Journal Asia, 5/28/08)

* FLASHBACK: Obama: "Well, I Don't Think NAFTA Has Been Good For America - And I Never Have." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At A Campaign Event, Loraine, OH, 2/24/08)

* FLASHBACK: Obama Pledged To Renegotiate NAFTA With The Threat Of A "Potential Opt-Out." NBC's Tim Russert: "A simple question. Will you as president say to Canada and Mexico, this [NAFTA] has not worked for us, we are out?" Obama: "I will make sure that we renegotiate in the same way that Senator Clinton talked about, and I think actually Senator Clinton's answer on this one is right. I think we should use the hammer of a potential opt-out as leverage to ensure that we actually get labor and environmental standards that are enforced." (Sen. Barack Obama, MSNBC Democrat Presidential Debate, Cleveland, OH, 2/26/08)

* FLASHBACK: Obama Told Members Of The AFL-CIO That He Opposed NAFTA, CAFTA, The South Korea And Colombia Free Trade Agreements, And Permanent Normal Trade Relations With China. Obama: "But what I refuse to accept is that we have to sign trade deals like the South Korea Agreement that are bad for American workers. What I oppose - and what I have always opposed - are trade deals that put the interests of multinational corporations ahead of the interests of Americans workers - like NAFTA, and CAFTA, and permanent normal trade relations with China. And I'll also oppose the Colombia Free Trade Agreement if President Bush insists on sending it to Congress ..." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks To The AFL-CIO, Philadelphia, PA, 4/2/08)



ECONOMIC SHIFT

Obama Shifts On The Economy: Said "I Love The Market":

Now That The Primary Is Over, Obama Claims He's "A Pro-Growth, Free Market Guy." Obama: "Look. I am a pro-growth, free market guy. I love the market. I think it is the best invention to allocate resources and produce enormous prosperity for America or the world that's ever been designed." (CNBC's "Your Money, Your Vote: McCain Vs. Obama," 6/10/08)



FLASHBACK: Obama Called For "Shared Sacrifice And Shared Prosperity" And Touted Benefits Of Government Action In The Market:

FLASHBACK: Last Fall, Obama Had Some Tough Words About The Market. Obama: "But today I am asking you to join me in saying that in this country, we will not tolerate a market that is fixed. We will not tolerate a market that is rigged by lobbyists who don't represent the interests of real Americans or most businesses. And we will not tolerate 'what's good for me is good enough' any longer - because the only thing that's good enough is what's best for America." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At The NASDAQ, New York, NY, 9/17/07)

FLASHBACK: Obama Said His Economic Agenda Will Require Americans "To Take Part In Shared Sacrifice And Shared Prosperity." Obama: "Now in the end, this economic agenda won't just require new money. It will require a new spirit of cooperation and innovation on behalf of the American people. ... We are going to be called upon to take part in shared sacrifice and shared prosperity." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks On Economic Prosperity, Janesville, WI, 2/13/08)

FLASHBACK: In The Audacity Of Hope, Obama Said "We've Depended On Government Action To ... Make The Market Work Better." Obama: "[W]e have a tendency to take our free-market system as a given, to assume that it flows naturally from the laws of supply and demand and Adam Smith's invisible hand. ... And although the benefits of our free-market system have mostly derived from the individual efforts of generations of men and women pursuing their own vision of happiness, in each and every period of great economic upheaval and transition we've depended on government action to open up opportunity, encourage competition, and make the market work better." (Barack Obama, The Audacity Of Hope, 2006, p. 150)

FLASHBACK: Obama: "But our history should give us confidence that we don't have to choose between an oppressive, government-run economy and a chaotic and unforgiving capitalism. ... What might such a new economic consensus look like? ... [W]e can begin to modernize and rebuild the social contract that FDR first stitched together in the middle of the last century." (Barack Obama, The Audacity Of Hope, 2006, pp. 158-159) notas_de_prensa_archivo