Bush Supports Shift of Jobs Overseas

I used to have to create headlines like that - now the newspapers do it for me.

The movement of American factory jobs and white-collar work to other countries is part of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time, even if it causes short-term pain and dislocation, the Bush administration said Monday.

The Washington Post covers the same story but adds Republican businessmen quotes.

"These guys just don't get it, period," said Paul Kennedy, a self-described Republican and president of Kennedy Die Castings Inc. in Worcester, Mass.

Laurie S. Moncrieff, chief executive of Schmald Tool & Die Inc. in Burton, Mich., met with Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.), the front-running Democratic candidate for president. Yesterday, the lifelong Republican declared, "I'm starting to get on the bandwagon of, 'Whoever can beat Bush, I'm voting for him,' and I'm not the only one."

Gary Henderson, purchasing manager of Aircraft Precision Products Inc. in Ithaca, Mich., who has worked for Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill and in Lansing, said, "Let's put it this way. The Bush/Cheney yard sign that was in front of my house may just stay behind the Oldsmobile this fall."