POPULIST Democrats HAND Obama A STINGING DEFEAT On TPP

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84. No, it's not obvious.

Maybe in his first term, yes, but not now, not this way.

He can get 250K per speaking engagement/consultation perfectly well without the TPP. He's a Nobel Peace Prize winner etc. Most Presidents cash in if they want to. What do you think is the going rate for Presidents? It's always in the hundred thousands. He and Michelle will also write a few best sellers, like the Clintons.

Yes, have been wildly disappointed in him since his first few months after 2008 when he bailed out banks instead of home owners and when he was so weak on the economy and when he brought in Summers and Geithner, and when he wouldn't really bully-pulpit fight for the ACA but ceded the conversation to the RW.

However in the last year he's said he felt "cut loose" by not having to run for re-election again and has been bolder, taken more executive actions, made more progressive statements, and not reached "across the aisle". He's spoken more like "candidate Obama".

Throwing away his power over for the TPP in this unnecessary way makes no political sense. Making himself weak with his own party makes him a much better target for the RW too. He's just thrown away his last year in office. Why?