Byron Dorgan: “This issue of Pat Buchanan moving around this country talking about jobs is not an accident. He understands what many of…”

“This issue of Pat Buchanan moving around this country talking about jobs is not an accident. He understands what many of us understand-- that the center pole of the tent for the economic debate in this country ought to be jobs. I happen to think Pat Buchanan has a few dark sides to his debate. I do not like some of the influences which I see and some of the references. But the fact is on the issue of jobs, it seems to me, the voters of New Hampshire and others responded to the issue of jobs and economic opportunity. And it is something that we have been working on in our caucus under the leadership of Jeff Bingaman now for about a year. Today, we are unveiling a series of recommendations on the issue of creating jobs in our country. We have an interesting economy in America. America is still a strong country, and a wonderful place. Nobody wants to leave. People want to come here. We have some folks running for the Presidency who I think want to build a fence down there to keep people out of our country. What does that say about our country? It has a lot of problems but it is also a wonderful place and a magnet where a lot of people want to come to.”