Request: can we simply call the TPP a *Republican* bill

[JonLP24]

39. Obama said it's fair to say the Republicans were the party of ideas for the last 10-15 years

Dead serious too

"I think it’s fair to say that the Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over the last 10, 15 years, in the sense that they were challenging conventional wisdom. Now, you’ve heard it all before. You look at the economic policies that are being debated among the presidential candidates, it’s all tax cuts. Well, we’ve done that. We’ve tried it. It’s not really going to solve our energy problems, for example…so some of it’s the times.”

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/us/politics/21seelye-text.html

Well "long chuck of time" and other things leave room to wiggle out of but the Reagan worship is too much for me.

For me this is the biggest head scratcher

Obama: Margaret Thatcher Was Champion For Freedom And Women

Obama says many Americans remember Thatcher, who died Monday from a stroke at age 87, standing "shoulder to shoulder" with President Ronald Reagan during the Cold War. He says she showed then that leaders don't have to be swept along by the currents of history, but can shape them "with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/08/obama-margaret-thatcher_n_3037404.html