Beltway Snark

We posted yesterday on the CTV.ca story about a senior Obama adviser contacting the Canadian ambassador to warn him about Obama’s NAFTA rhetoric and to tell him that Obama doesn’t really mean it. Of course there were denials all around, including one from the Canadian embassy.

In light of this, CTV decided to name names:

Now CTV has followed up, not only standing by its story, but naming the Obama adviser who allegedly talked with Canadian representatives. He is reported by CTV to be Obama senior economic adviser Austan Goolsbee. According to CTV, the conversation took place not with the D.C. embassy but with the Canadian Consulate General in Chicago. Goolsbee is on the faculty at the University of Chicago School of Business.

Everyone involved is still denying everything, but you know how that goes. It’s Obamagate version 4.0!