RedState

At least John McCain isn’t pandering on free trade, writes Pejman Yousefzadeh. McCain’s campaign said on Monday he would try to beat Democrats in the economic debate by stressing “lower taxes, small government and free enterprise” at a time when Democrats are taking a more “protectionist” tone on trade and are perceived as stronger on economic issues, Yousefzadeh notes. Barack Obama may have had a conflict of interest when he opposed a free trade deal with Panama, suggests Soren Dayton. The blogger notes that Obama opposed the deal because a Panamanian legislator was indicted in the murder of a U.S. Army sergeant and an Obama foreign policy adviser, Greg Craig, has been the legislator’s defense lawyer. Craig should be dismissed from the Obama campaign, Dayton writes.