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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you think that Hillary will switch positions to being pro-TPP? [View all]lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)64. I'm sure that the third edition of her autobiography will re-include that chapter.
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I think Obama will take TPP and/or KXL off her plate by approving them during his lame duck session.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#50
Congress will probably pass TPP in the lame duck session amid silence from HRC.
Eric J in MN
Jun 2016
#6
I hope Trump makes it impossible for her to ignore it during general election nt
99th_Monkey
Jun 2016
#19
You mean like what Sanders did in 2009 with his broken promises on health care reform?
annavictorious
Jun 2016
#33
Very doubtful. I just hope she does not disparage ALL international agreements the way Trump does.
pampango
Jun 2016
#20
I think she'll announce some tweaks that marginally improve it and then support it. n/t
femmedem
Jun 2016
#32
Yes. With Obama recently pushing it again, and then endorsing HRC, she'll flip positions.
panader0
Jun 2016
#35
Define switching positions. Did she ever really switch from her orginial position?
Skwmom
Jun 2016
#41
She never truly left it. Populist positions taken during a primary campaign mean exactly squat.
NorthCarolina
Jun 2016
#49
I'm sure that the third edition of her autobiography will re-include that chapter.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2016
#64
Yes, and she should publicly defend President Obama's trade agenda against Trumpian lies.
tritsofme
Jun 2016
#72
She supports it. She did when she was SOS, she did when she left office, and she does now.
onecaliberal
Jun 2016
#76
No, but I do think that she will find a position that is neither a total "no" or "yes"
karynnj
Jun 2016
#80
She's always been pro_TPP, except for these last few months when it was expedient to SAY
pdsimdars
Jun 2016
#89