NAFTA-gate - the sequel!

[anigbrowl]

While reading the news today, I was surprised to see this:

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080320/D8VGRRM80.html
(Background on release of Hillary Clinton's 1st Lady papers)

"She also was an early champion of the North American Free Trade Agreement that she now criticizes in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The papers show her holding at least five meetings in 1993 aimed at helping win congressional approval of the deal.
<...> She also pushed NAFTA on multiple occasions, including one in November 1993 at a closed meeting with 120 participants. As a presidential candidate, she blames the pact for job losses and promises to renegotiate it."


Now, the news cycle is probably going to spend the next 24 hours going through a recap of the Lewinsky affair, a subject I have no opinion and don't want to get into a flame war about.

But it strikes me that the information about her holding or attending meetings to get NAFTA off the ground seem to rather contradict her remarks on the subject leading up to, and during, the last nomination debate. She may have been privately unenthusiastic about it, but it seems she certainly worked to help get it passed. I would be interested to hear from those in Ohio or those particularly influenced by her stand on NAFTA how they feel about this information - does it change your opinion of Clinton, or is it in line with what she said previously?

[annie1]

1. how is this news? she defended it quite outloud during his administration. ?

[FreakinDJ]

2. Everyone already knows HRC lobbied in favor of NAFTA

because Bill supported it