The President's Unseemly Attacks On Progressives DEFY LOGIC

[countryjake]

131. Honestly, it doesn't defy logic, at all. It's the way our government works.

And does not surprise me in the least. Capitalism 101.

I remember back to the way NAFTA was steam-rolled thru, despite the tremendous working-class opposition to it.
I remember how my own state played a part in that deal, ignoring the well-organized progressive local demonstrations against it and also, all of the pleas to our own Congresspeople that mostly went unheard. I remember how both of my current Senators (one of them was still in the House then) kept responding to my letters with, "NAFTA will be good for the state economy", and I will never forget that both of those women voted "Yea" to pass it.

They may have voted "No" on the fast-track yesterday, but, make no mistake, huge businesses like Boeing and Microsoft keep my democratic Senators over a barrel when it comes to trade. One of them is up for re-election next year, she even has hopes of becoming the Whip, and I'd love to see that happen, but I hold no illusions...she is a politician and will always be beholden to the corporate masters, in the end.

Thus, by hook or by crook, I think that the TPP will eventually become President Obama's legacy, no matter how determined progressives are to stop it. Those of us who were left shaking our heads (and our fists) when Clinton did it, remember.

(a side-note on those "completely unified Democrats&quot
Both of my Senators met with our prez, after fast-track failed yesterday)