John O. Edwards
Thursday, March 4, 2004

Dobbs asked Sen. Clinton, point blank, “Do you want to be vice president?”

Mrs. Clinton met the question with a chuckle, and responded: “No. I’m having a great time being senator, and talking to you about an issue that I care deeply about.”

The “issue” Mrs. Clinton referred to was the subject of her interview with Dobbs, her effort to reduce the “exporting” of U.S. jobs.

On Wednesday, Mrs. Clinton announced several proposals to prevent or discourage U.S. companies from outsourcing to foreign countries.

“Senator Clinton wants tax credits for corporations, for businesses that create and keep jobs in this country. The senator also wants to create a manufacturing research agency to advance factory innovation,” Dobbs said.

Clinton’s comments were refreshingly candid and strikingly more pro-business than Kerry's positions. Clinton admitted that the U.S. tax code was forcing some businesses to export jobs.

“We need to look at our tax code and be honest about what it does produce, the consequences of the actions that we're taking,” Clinton said.

“The debate we're having now in the Senate that was brought about because of the European Union threatening tariffs against us if we didn't end an effort to provide subsidies to manufacturers here at home gives us an opportunity to begin to create a bipartisan consensus along a range of possibilities that will help us keep jobs and prevent the exporting of America.”

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