An article about Davis in The Buffalo News that recently appeared (before the freak snow storm a week ago) made a pretty interesting point. They quoted an academic who asserted that if Davis is elected, he will be the first industrialist to enter the domain of Federal politics in this era of globalization that is so rapidly de-industrializing the U.S. economy. Davis will represent the entreprenurial side of a HUGE constituency of people who have seen their employment opportunities along with their pay and benefits shrinking for the last couple of decades. While an economic rationalist will tell you that the tide of history cannot be rolled back, raising the profile of the free-trade vs fair-trade debate is something that is urgently needed. The lack of environmental and labor standards in WTO, NAFTA and CAFTA agreements are proving to be major flaws that deserve serious reconsideration. Otherwise we really are locked into this inexorable race to the bottom while trashing the environment and lowering the human condition along the way. Meanwhile the NRCC clumsily flails with this poorly designed message. My farmer neighbor was a Reynolds supporter until Foley-gate. He now doesn't believe a single word of Reynolds' defense. The pulse on the ground is that Davis may be an odd duck, but he shoots straight and cannot be bought. Reynolds puts party above children. Game over.