Follow-up on my thread about Bush being put in a bind this week

[undercoverduer]

This is a follow-up to my thread from Friday: "If KE04 & the press play it right Bush may put in a bind next week. . ." The issue I was talking about is drug re-importation and I have strong reason to believe that there will be a new development with this issue this week. I will post more later, however I think the following article backs up my belief that this issue could have an impact on the the 2004 election. And for those of you who don't believe I am a long time DUer read my profile, see my hometown and think who has not been posting as much recently. . .and please keep it to yourself. . .LOL. Also a link to my original thread is: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=948791#950648

Drug imports could drive voters
In Minnesota and other states, governors seek
to help Americans shop in price-controlled Canada
Gov. Tim Pawlenty has launched a state web site to help people in Minnesota buy prescription drugs from Canada.
By Tom Curry
National affairs writer
MSNBC
Updated: 4:04 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2004

WASHINGTON - It is a compelling issue that has the potential to motivate voters on Nov. 2: Prescription drugs will cost Americans an estimated $210 billion this year.

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The Bush administration position, like the pharmaceutical industry’s, is that imports would expose Americans to risk from unsafe or ineffective drugs.

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has said that under his health care proposal, “all Americans will be able to buy less expensive prescription drugs from countries like Canada.”

So far the re-importation of prescription drugs has been a sleeper issue that has remained mostly dormant in the Bush-Kerry struggle. The most aggressive action on this front has come not from Congress, which is mulling over legislative proposals on drug imports and is not likely to act in the few weeks left before Election Day, but from some of the nation’s governors in states closest to Canada.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6059185/

[undercoverduer]

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