Its leading candidate for the presidential nomination, John Kerry, talks about how "Benedict Arnold CEO's" betray America by outsourcing jobs. Kerry's remaining competitor, John Edwards, talks about how the gap on trade between him and Kerry is wide and deep - with Kerry on the free-trade side.
有鉴于此，民主党现在又一次举起保护主义的大棒就不足为奇了。其最主要的总统提名候选人约翰·凯利大谈"本尼迪克•阿诺德似的CEO"将工作外包是对美国的背叛。凯利剩下的竞争对手约翰·爱德华兹也称他和凯利在贸易政策方面有着难以弥合的深刻分歧-而凯利是站在支持自由贸易的一边。