"WILKES-BARRE, Pa.--As Europe's Airbus and its American partner Northrop-Grumman launch a lobbying and public relations offensive this week in favor of the muti-billion-dollar deal they secured to replace a fleet of U.S. Air Force tankers, count Barack Obama a skeptic.

"I would think that we would want to prioritize US companies that are employing U.S. workers," Obama responded when asked about the deal at a town meeting in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., this afternoon.

"I don’t mind the Pentagon procuring from other countries. But when we you’ve got such an enormous contract for such a vital piece of our U.S. military arsenal, it strikes me that we should have identified a US company that could do it," he continued."

Seems pretty clear which company Obama would rather see get the contract.

I really want to hear from those here who were bashing the French, but now defend McCain being bankrolled by a French company, and lobbying on their behalf to send what may end up being a contract worth over $100Billion to France, rather than sending it right here in our neck of the woods.

Freedom Fries, anyone?

Fish on...

Todd