I wonder how many people commenting actually read the article before posting their opinions…

The folks at CNN seem a bit math challenged, reporting that about 840,000 votes in Texas are fewer than 1% of the vote. That would mean that CNN is expecting 84 million people to vote. The entire population of Texas is only 23 million. The update is now about 1 million total votes and the text says that this is 2% of the vote, which also is impossible. Wolf Blitzer is saying these numbers out loud and it makes it seem that he is not listening to himself speak.

I'm from Michigan and have seen the devastation that NAFTA has caused. I like what Obama says about renegotiating trade agreements. I know NAFTA isn't going away, but there's got to be a way to make it work for people here.

More shall be revealed with Barack. People pleaser. what in the world was he thinking discussing NAFTA with the Canadian govt behind our backs. He should just told us what he was thinking or doing. Instead, he tried to cover it up. I hope the word got out in OHIO. More shall be revealed…………
he has been u/pressure for a few days and he showing it. Very defensive-blaming. Poor guy. No more free ride.
Hillary Rodham Clinton for President.

Latest news: (From a Neutral)

It looks like Clinton has done better in Texas than thought and not as good in Ohio. Inversely, Obama has done better in Ohio and worse in Texas…..It looks like nothing will be decided in the next several hours. But it is getting interesting!!!

Source: BBC news.

Annamica wanted to know about hypocrisy:

How many times did Hillary say that "NAFTA is good for the country" BEFORE she was a candidate for Prez???

This is hypocrisy…

Regarding the 3AM red phone TV ad from Hillary, here is a Bill Clinton quote from 2004:
" if one candidate is playing to your fears and one to your hopes, you better vote for the candidate speaking to your hope!"

More hypocrisy I'd say……..

Obama is for hope real change…not hypocritical rhetoric…

Obama '08

Chris in Austin
Actually it was first reported here in Canada…CTV..I think the Canadian Gov. released it which in my mind says that they set up Obama thinking he'll win. They are a bunch of necons who danced to Bush's drums and would like to see McCain win in Novemeber.

Shneider is almost as irritating as Clinton. Hopefully this will be his and her last campaign.

What did Obama do? Beg the Canadian government to retract the comments in RETURN FOR WHAT? Maybe keep NAFTA intact?
What's done is done and Canadian officials nor Obama can't change that! Transparancy says Obama? Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another
typical politician caught in the act of engaging politics with foreign
nationals! That's what it is!

I'm glad that Obama's bait and switch is being outted now before the Democrats end up with Obama as their candidate. The press has done a great job of protecting him and I for one hope that 3 days of the truth about Obama has stopped this free ride in time!

Teflon Obama will be eaten alive in the general election.

March 4th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

"It's "talked a lot more about NAFTA in Ohio THAN they did in Texas" not "then." And CNN is supposed to be quality journalism."

It's a downhill battle now with CNN, spelling and grammar. Looks like they have outsourced their editing/proof-reading overseas as well. I've commented numerous to their support page about this, but alas they can hire seven more workers for each one hired in the USA. What good does that do if they cannot spell or use proper grammar? It just makes them look shoddy and unprofessional!

Go Obama!

Hillary's wins of the BIG states can be explained in simple terms:

"Superstar, Name Recognition!"
It is like the Superdelegates who made the commitment before the peoples' votes were in!!

Hillary and her supporters do not have to worry, Obama will easily win these BIG states in the general election.

As you can see, the Superdelegates, like the BIG states, will soon wake up!!

here you go

NAFTA - bad for Ohio

NAFTA - bad for Texas

NAFTA - bad for the US of A

CNN, I hope you will read this and publish this information, I am writing from Canada, our Prime Minister sent an apology to the Obama Camp regarding the false reports by Hillary Clinton made saying that Obama`s representative tell our Governement that thye did not mean what they say about changing Nafta, it was just a political tactic. Our Government said it is not true and he is sorry for the embarrasment to Obama`s camp. I hope you will get the facts and put it out asap. CNN you have being playing into Hillary`s hand and really go after Obama in a very unfair manner. Many people have a hard time trusting and accepting someone who does not look like them and making this man out to look like a liar and of no substance will definately work against him unfairly. People of American Obama is the real deal so please trust him and give him a chance.

Canada is the least of my concerns with NAFTA. For the most part, they follow the rules, and are what one would consider as fair trading partners. If Obama did say what he is claimed to say about Canada and NAFTA, so what. The real issue with NAFTA is with China and countries like Mexico.

We, in America, live in family units as a rule. This costs more, but it has made this country strong, and what it is today…………..or at least teetering on. American workers cannot compete with countries who's workers get paid in six months (or more) what we as Americans pay out for an electric bill each month. This is not an example of fair trade. If you don't have fair trade, then you can't have free trade. China is a prime example of what is wrong with NAFTA. NAFTA has placed this country economically on a very slippery slope…………….without a net!

Lady Lake, fl

Yah!! It is not over until it is over.Yoggi B. was and is still right.Tonight goes in the history,of Uturns for Hillary.Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hillary Go!! 08-2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Si se puede!

Hello, to all those who are stating the Clinton is spreading the rumor about the Canadian connection, you certainly haven't been watching the news much. Obama did (finally) admit there was a meeting, but he denied what was said. However, there were reports from Canada stating there WAS a memo to this effect.

If you fall for Hillary"s crying. I feel for our country. I was once a Clinton supporter, butt I have switched to Obama. This election is too important to be just about Hillary and her entitlement to the nomination. It is about change, real change. Hillary can't conceive it , therefore she can't achieve it. Obama gets my vote and support.

Obama has just won Vermont apparently. I don't think it has much delegate power though.

Usually a 'ticker' suggests information that is timely and/or evolving quickly. Most of what's here has nothing to do with developments over the past 24 hours, but rather very superficial level analyses which we could read in greater detail weeks ago. This one by Bill Schneider is a perfect example — could have been written weeks ago.

Let's see some *real* ticker material instead!

LET THE RECORD, SPK FOR HIL - BECAUSE SHE SURE CAN'T REMEMBER……THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN HER PROBLEM. I'M FROM BUFFALO,NY. SHE'S BEEN THERE AND DONE NAT (NOTHING).

This baby is going to the CONVENTION!!! We're just getting started, friends!!

This entire issue of NAFTA and the way the both candidates have discussed it is a very distorted debate. By that I mean that many of the manufacturing sector jobs have not gone to Mexico or to Canada (which are the parties to NAFTA) but to places like China, India, Korea, Viet Nam, Phillipines, etc

While employment/labour standards and environmental standards are applicable to Mexico, that is hardly the case with Canada. I contend that the candidates (with the blind eye lack of "keeping them honest" by the lack of fact checking of the media) has distorted the discussion.

For example, in one debate Clinton stated that the US Government deficit was partly due to the Government borrowing money from China to buy oil from Saudi Arabia. If this were true, how is it that the oil companies operate? Don't they buy the oil and import this commodity to the refineries for processing and distribution? How does the debt bonds the Government sells to China play into the free market of oil industries? Quite simply it doesn't and yet this is allowed to go unchallenged by the media.

Barack Obama spoke of lead in toys. This is not due to NAFTA but due to China products. Why does the media allow these distortions of the actual trade agreements in question to go unclarified?

I personally think in the situation with the trade agreement debates that the candidates and those covering the candidates need to educate yourselves more on what the actual trade agreements are and which ones are and are not attributable to NAFTA.

Well, the real concern is Barak's repeated fraudulent flyers being sent around, even after they were shot down by both factcheck.org and by Hillary during their Ohio debate. It is such an emotional issue for Ohioans, that the flyers will surely play a huge part in the primary. Barack has always been good at making short-term promises and warrantless attacks. But, for those who believe that Hillary is the only one toughe and sure-minded enough to make the needed changes to NAFTA, they will want her championing their cause.

WAKE UP, THERES A MEMO. THURSDAY OBAMA DENIED, NOW HE IS BACKPEDDLING. OBAMA, JUST ANOTHER POLITICIAN!!!

Give us the exit polls!

"talked a lot more about NAFTA in Ohio then they did in Texas."

You should have used "than" instead of "then" in the sentence quoted above, sir…

I was watching News Hour on PBS last night. The news coverage of the primaries was very fair. Perhaps CNN can try to emulate PBS to get its credibility back.

I was so impressed I called the toll free number to make a pledge for the station.

On the other hand, as I surf through channels and momentarily stop at CNN, a sense of revulsion for unfair coverage of Hillary and very biased coverage of Obama overwhelms me and I immediately switch to another channel.

It will take quite an effort to get my viewership back CNN. And I bet I am not only one.

Jen,

How is this biased? This is not biased in any way. Schneider is just listing exit polls.These are facts. Facts aren't biased. The fact (based from a Times research piece) that Clinton gets 25% of the national media election coverage and Obama gets 16% is also a fact.

I hope you realize that it not only makes you look dumb, also Clinton supporters in general when you say things without backing them up.

Bill,

Your turning a sow's ear into a silk purse. If 58% of Texas Democrats think NAFTA has cost jobs, they're certainly not happy about it.

It happened. The memo was sent from the Obama campaign. They are merely trying to tone it down. They can deny all they want. It was premature for Obama's campaign to send that memo, and I don't hold anything against Canada for not wanting anything to do with it. This lies on the Obama campaign alone.

Obama is nothing more than another Politician trying to portray himself as something people can relate too. People need to wise up, read the issues, do a little research, and make an educated decision, instead of taking the glitter and fame at face value, and making a judgement based on pep rallies.

Gee, maybe that's why the Clinton campaign was so intent on spreading misinformation in Ohio about this Canada meeting. Fake news reports–that's how you run a political campaign nowadays?

Shame on you, Hillary Clinton! Shame on you!

"You may have noticed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton talked a lot more about NAFTA in Ohio THAN they did in Texas."

It's "talked a lot more about NAFTA in Ohio THAN they did in Texas" not "then." And CNN is supposed to be quality journalism.

-CHINA…CHINA….CHINA….CHINA…..DO ANY OF YOU REPORTERS HAVE A CLUE??? IT'S NOT NAFTA YOU NEED TO BE WORRYING ABOUT!!!

If Obama does not win texas and ohio, he still should be considered as our man who can bring back the glory of america.

Well, I did it. Crossed party lines. It is not whom I voted for but, who I voted against. Oh yes and by the way CNN where is the link on top of your page to Obama and Huckabee. Seems like you are more and more giving Hillary what she wants and that is sad to see.

Go Obama!!!! Please if there is any justice in the world let this be OVER tonight.

No comment. You wouldn't post it anyway.

Hillary!!2008 GOGOGO!

We know you will win for TX and OH for sure!

People need to realize that corporations make decisions on Plant closes and shifting jobs to other markets LONG LONG LONG in advance. NAFTA had very little influence on jobs leaving Ohio … I am not defending any Candidates position on this. But blaming job shifts on NAFTA shows a very large misunderstanding in the shift toward a Global Economy and what exactly that means.

American's HAVE TO adapt and stop placing blame. We cannot ignore the fact that global dynamics have shifted the game. 80 percent of those jobs that left Ohio DID NOT move to Canada or Mexico which would be NAFTA many of those jobs left for Asian markets … so then WHY can you even bring NAFTA into play here it should be a NON-Issue.

Globalization is to blame for this shift …. so blame all the nerdy people who have made the Internet a viable media for the global marketplace. I do not want to see our jobs shift either .. however more jobs can be created based on this global shift .. we just have to capture the new possibilities and not let those as well shift to other nations.

And of course, the primaries are still going but here comes CNN with their influence.

Clinton has tries to portray Obama as saying one thing and doing anoher on the NAFTA issue. Its a lie
The fact is that the Canadien government already denounced this, yet Clinton will continue to cast doubt on Obama and his integrity.

Obama may not have talked about NAFTA as much in Texas as he did in Ohio. But his message has been consistent before and during the campaign. Hillary certainly can't say this, which is why she's jumping on the NAFTA rumors about Obama that have already been discredited by Canadian officials.

I don't think NAFTA is the trade agreement Amercans should be looking at. I think what ever trade agreement we have with China is the problem. For every one item I see on the shelf in a store from Mexico ther are a thousand from China. What can you buy in a store besides food that is NOT from China.

CNN! Shame on you !

You are just too biased