The point of TPP is to boost US exports. That's why PBO is behind it.

[BlueCaliDem]

121. That's not how your posts come across, Scuba. Rarely do I see you praise the president

for the good work he's done but blame him for every ill this country suffers under Republican (non)governance. The posts I've read of yours are always critical of the president while completely ignoring the role the irrational obstructionist Republicans in Congress play in all of this. That makes you come across as having, maybe not hatred, but a DEEP dislike of this president that's skewing your judgment.

Those 60,000 manufacturing jobs were lost because of decisions made by businesses, not the president. I don't know if you were paying attention, but I distinctly remember President Obama and Democrats fighting to get bills through that would penalize businesses from sending jobs out of the country, but those bills were filibustered and tabled by REPUBLICANS. Instead of laying the blame on them - where it belongs - you and many others on DU turn and blame the president as if he has the ultimate say and any control in boardroom decision making.

As long as they're allowed and can do so with impunity, Corporate America will continue to send jobs overseas in order to expand their bottom-line. President Obama did everything he could to get Republicans to help pass bills to stop it and to bring money back into this country, but I'm certain you remember that they're the Party of NO and he was blocked each and every time.

As an aside, California is doing very well under Democratic control without Republican filibustering, thanks, in part, to the Stimulus. In January 2014, California's unemployment rate dropped from a whopping 12.4% when Jerry Brown took over to 8.2%. By December 2014, our unemployment rate dropped to 7.2% with a projected surplus of $4.2 billion. Can you imagine what President Obama could've accomplished for this country had Republicans not blocked him and his American Jobs Bill had passed?