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(29,853 posts) Mon Feb 22, 2016, 02:43 PM Feb 2016

Obama 'cautiously optimistic' on TPP trade deal [View all]

Source: The Hill

President Obama said he is “cautiously optimistic” that Congress will pass his signature Pacific Rim trade deal, but he acknowledged opposition in both parties and election-year politics could stall the pact.

“I am cautiously optimistic that we can still get it done,” Obama told a gathering of the National Governors Association at the White House.

Facing opposition from labor unions and Democratic leaders in Congress, the president said he would rely on a coalition of pro-trade Democrats and Republicans in Congress to advance the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

“Labor unions — and I am a big labor guy — they are not happy with me on this,” Obama said.

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boooooooo yourpaljoey Feb 2016 #1

Traitor GummyBearz Feb 2016 #38

Brazenly selling us out Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #2

He's optimistic about administering the coup de grace Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #3

On the "bright" side, real "change" can't happen until after the collapse, anyway... villager Feb 2016 #4

LOL yea Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #9

If you think Hillary is a 1/10th as bad as Trump, Cruz or Rubio, lark Feb 2016 #13

There it is - the lesser of two evils -SHe's not as fucked up as right-wing republicans Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #18

... AzDar Feb 2016 #19

+1000 Shadowflash Feb 2016 #20

You got it.......................FEEL the BERN...................... turbinetree Feb 2016 #23

Yep. The third-pound shit sandwich is hifiguy Feb 2016 #45

Spot-on analogy Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #55

Bill and Hillary have never once advocated for cutting SS or Medicare. lark Feb 2016 #56

I'm tired of having to go dig it out and explain it. Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #57

I think you have spoken a sad truth. SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #29

THe Romans called that : Bread & Circus Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #50

The TPP's intellectual property provisions Eric J in MN Feb 2016 #5

+1 More people need to know this since the deal's being sold as appalachiablue Feb 2016 #14

I think labor will be the judge of whether or not he is a "big labor guy" tularetom Feb 2016 #6

He's major tone deaf, or a sophist of the highest order Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #41

And I am confident that I will not be voting for anyone who shilled for the TPP or voted for Fast djean111 Feb 2016 #7

He could be for big labor Geronimoe Feb 2016 #8

Oh, yeah, I forgot about that - and he doesn't need votes from here any more, amiright? djean111 Feb 2016 #10

Not the truth. lark Feb 2016 #11

You will never be forgiven for this, Mr. President... gregcrawford Feb 2016 #12

Optimistic meaning it will go down in flames? dbonds Feb 2016 #15

"McConnell has warned Obama not to send the agreement to Congress for a vote before November�s pampango Feb 2016 #16

Hillary Clinton could stop the TPP but won't. Eric J in MN Feb 2016 #17

What is Bernie doing to stop it? Freddie Stubbs Feb 2016 #22

More than just about everyone else in the world. He wins, the TPP is toast. (nt) w4rma Feb 2016 #25

I expect that his 3 Congressional endorsers will vote against the TPP. Eric J in MN Feb 2016 #37

They will perform in accordance with the wishes of their corporate owners.. nt hifiguy Feb 2016 #47

Economist Michael Hudson on TPP pberq Feb 2016 #21

A return to feudalism, absent the masters' obligations to the peasantry hifiguy Feb 2016 #48

WHAT?????????? houston16revival Feb 2016 #24

They're waiting for the lame duck session. (nt) w4rma Feb 2016 #26

It seems to me they are waiting until they have enough votes to pass it. nt pberq Feb 2016 #31

Every argument the GOP makes about Supreme Court Justices houston16revival Feb 2016 #40

This isn't what I voted for in 2008 and 2012. Vinca Feb 2016 #27

The 2012 Democratic Party Platform specifically mentioned the TPP Freddie Stubbs Feb 2016 #33

And this is one of the reasons he needed a primary challenge in 2012! nt earthshine Feb 2016 #39

Is Clinton jumping up and down and fighting against this... FUCK NO SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #28

Let's see how effective his jumping up and down is Freddie Stubbs Feb 2016 #34

I can see YOU ARE NOT! SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #36

Americans want FAIR trade agreements not corporate crafted trade agreements think Feb 2016 #30

Obama a total sell-out here chapdrum Feb 2016 #32

Obama the progressive is in action again... Helen Borg Feb 2016 #35

�Labor unions � and I am a big labor guy" JoeyT Feb 2016 #42

With his support of the TPP Third Doctor Feb 2016 #43

My sentiments exactly Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #54

If he rams this abomination down the throats of Americans hifiguy Feb 2016 #44

How Trump has changed the republican trade stance. Even Rob Portman opposes TPP. pampango Feb 2016 #46

I'm sure there are more than enough congresspeople eager to sell us out. CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #49

November 9th 2016 Cassiopeia Feb 2016 #51

�Labor unions � and I am a big labor guy � they are not happy with me on this,� Obama said. pangaia Feb 2016 #52

"..the president said he would rely on a coalition of pro-trade Democrats and Republicans pangaia Feb 2016 #53

I wonder if he's optimistic about Ron Wyden who's getting a primary challenge for pushing this BULL! cascadiance Feb 2016 #58