Maybe Bush Can Send Flowers to Save CAFTA

As I have mentioned previously, it is inexplicable that there is not overwhelming support for CAFTA. If the U.S. economy has proven anything since World War II, it is that free trade helps all nations. Yet somehow, support for CAFTA has collapsed, much of which appears to be caused by plain and simple obstructionism by Democrats.

Some Democrats state their true reasons for their opposition to CAFTA, however:

"They [Bush Administration officials] don't write, they don't call, they don't send flowers," said Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher, California Democrat and chairwoman of the House New Democrat Coalition.

That sounds like a rational reason for Democratic opposition.