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The Hill
Behind Pelosi's break with Obama on trade
By Scott Wong
President Obama probably knew his trade agenda was going down in flames hours before the first votes were even cast in the House on Friday afternoon.
That morning, Obama made a rare visit to the Capitol to try to salvage legislation he needed to complete a major 12-nation Pacific trade deal. It was there, in the second-floor office of one of his closest allies in Congress, that he got the bad news.
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told the president she was leaning no on a workers-aid bill the linchpin to a broader package granting Obama so-called fast track trade authority.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/244919-how-obamas-trade-agenda-collapsed
djean111
(14,255 posts)Seems to me like he wanted the Dems to vote like the Republicans, in addition to voting yes because they were Democrats. This had nothing to do with party purity, unless he meant vote for things you do not like, and your constituents don't like, Because Party.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Most Democrats wish he was half as liberal as he's accused of from the right. I know I do.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)Ideology can clash w/ reality. Repubs run into this problem constantly, but lib pols can also find themselves in a quandry. Obama is holding true in social issues but on financisl, foreign policy (at least as far as troops deploy goes) & this trade fight, yes, not so lib seems to be the case.