Rolling Stone: The Democratic Party Would Triangulate Its Own Mother Read more: http://www.rollings

[LiberalElite]

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-democratic-party-would-triangulate-its-own-mother-20150514?google_editors_picks=true


"Barack Obama made headlines this week by taking on Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a dispute over our latest labor-crushing free trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The president's anger over Warren's decision to lead the Senate in blocking his authority to fast-track the TPP was heavily covered by the Beltway media, which loves a good intramural food fight."

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-democratic-party-would-triangulate-its-own-mother-20150514#ixzz3aAZGXiB2

Also cross posting in Politics 2015 and Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

[Jesus Malverde]

1. Interesting analysis

It's clever, and it sure as hell works as a way to win elections. It just seems like doing the right thing and standing up for actual people would work just as well.

[LiberalElite]

3. yea I thought that was pretty pointed nt

[polichick]

2. "Instead of standing in true partnership with unions and working people...

and employing a strategy of forcing the rest of the world to democratize and grant workers real rights in exchange for access to American consumers, they've done the opposite – beating up on the captured labor demographic as a way to reassure big business."

Evil corporate whores.

[Populist_Prole]

4. In other words; the same old same old

And the bastards have the absolute gall to say "trust us, it'll be different this time" as they peddle the same horseshit they always have.

As you say, evil corporate whores.

[Psephos]

5. couldn't agree more n/t