That the same Obama whose R opponent in 2012, Mitt Romney, reversed his climb in the polls by extolling the wonders of manufacture in China, basically costing himself the win?
Whose party's moves to rescind tax incentives and subsidies designed factories abroad was voted down by Republicans over and over?
For perspective, I remember when Made in Japan was something of a joke, referring to what used to be cheap tin garbage, then so was Made in Taiwan, so we the had no choice but to move assembly lines over there to compete with the fine art of making disposible plastic. Then there was NAFTA during "Don't twist my arm, I'll sign it" Clinton ramrodded by le grande GOP and....
But at least Bush outsourced to Cheney, so there's that. Sure, the migration continued, but we couldn't let China reap the benefits of Most Favored Nation Trading Status all by lonesome,,,